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Family: Lysiosquillidae lysiosquillid mantis shrimps (See list of species below)

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23 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Allosquilla lillyae []	No picture found Coronis scolopendra []	No picture found Lysiosquilla acanthocarpus []
No picture found Lysiosquilla aulachorhynchus []	No picture found Lysiosquilla colemani []	No picture found Lysiosquilla desaussurei [Queen lizard mantis]
No picture found Lysiosquilla grayi []	No picture found Lysiosquilla hoevenii [Lizard mantis]	No picture found Lysiosquilla isos []
No picture found Lysiosquilla latifrons []	No picture found Lysiosquilla manningi []	No picture found Lysiosquilla monodi []
No picture found Lysiosquilla panamica []	No picture found Lysiosquilla scabricauda [Smooth mantis shrimp]	Lysiosquilla sulcirostris []
No picture found Lysiosquilla suthersi []	Lysiosquilla tredecimdentata []	No picture found Lysiosquillina glabriuscula []
Lysiosquillina lisa []	Lysiosquillina maculata [Common banded mantis shrimp]	No picture found Lysiosquillina sulcata []
Lysiosquilloides mapia []	No picture found Lysiosquilloides siamensis []

23 Species of Family Lysiosquillidae
(lysiosquillid mantis shrimps)

Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Allosquilla lillyae		Northeast Atlantic
Coronis scolopendra		Southwest Atlantic
Lysiosquilla acanthocarpus		Western Indian Ocean
Lysiosquilla aulachorhynchus		Eastern Atlantic
Lysiosquilla colemani		Western Pacific
Lysiosquilla desaussurei	Queen lizard mantis	Eastern Central Pacific
Lysiosquilla grayi		Northwest Atlantic
Lysiosquilla hoevenii	Lizard mantis	Off West Africa, from the	27 BL
Lysiosquilla isos		Western Central Pacific
Lysiosquilla latifrons		Northwest Pacific
Lysiosquilla manningi		Eastern Central Pacific	8.9 TL
Lysiosquilla monodi		Eastern Central Atlantic
Lysiosquilla panamica		Eastern Central Pacific
Lysiosquilla scabricauda	Smooth mantis shrimp	Western Central Atlantic
Lysiosquilla sulcirostris		Indo-West Pacific	32.5 TL
Lysiosquilla suthersi		Indo-West Pacific
Lysiosquilla tredecimdentata		Indo-West Pacific.	2.76 TL
Lysiosquillina glabriuscula		Western Atlantic and West
Lysiosquillina lisa		Indo-West Pacific
Lysiosquillina maculata	Common banded mantis shrimp	Indo-Pacific.	38.5 TL
Lysiosquillina sulcata		Indo-West Pacific.	15.3 TL
Lysiosquilloides mapia		Western Pacific.
Lysiosquilloides siamensis		Western Central Pacific	18 TL

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