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Family: Augaptilidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Augaptilus glacialis []	No picture found Augaptilus longicaudatus []	No picture found Augaptilus megalurus []
No picture found Augaptilus polaris []	No picture found Centraugaptilus rattrayi []	No picture found Euaugaptilus filigerus []
No picture found Euaugaptilus gibbus []	No picture found Euaugaptilus gracilis []	No picture found Euaugaptilus hecticus []
No picture found Euaugaptilus hyperboreus []	No picture found Euaugaptilus laticeps []	No picture found Euaugaptilus nodifrons []
No picture found Euaugaptilus palumboi []	No picture found Haloptilus acutifrons []	No picture found Haloptilus austini []
No picture found Haloptilus bulliceps []	No picture found Haloptilus fertilis []	No picture found Haloptilus furcatus []
No picture found Haloptilus longicirrus []	No picture found Haloptilus longicornis []	No picture found Haloptilus mucronatus []
No picture found Haloptilus ocellatus []	No picture found Haloptilus ornatus []	No picture found Haloptilus oxycephalus []
No picture found Haloptilus paralongicirrus []	No picture found Haloptilus pseudooxycephalus []	No picture found Haloptilus spiniceps []
No picture found Pseudaugaptilus longiremus []	No picture found Pseudaugaptilus polaris []	No picture found Pseudhaloptilus eurygnathus []
No picture found Pseudhaloptilus pacificus []

31 Species of Family Augaptilidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Augaptilus glacialis		Arctic and Northeast Atla
Augaptilus longicaudatus		Northwest Pacific
Augaptilus megalurus		Northwest Pacific
Augaptilus polaris		Arctic
Centraugaptilus rattrayi		Atlantic, Pacific and Ind
Euaugaptilus filigerus		Northwest Pacific
Euaugaptilus gibbus		Northwest Atlantic.
Euaugaptilus gracilis		Atlantic Ocean.
Euaugaptilus hecticus		Northwest Pacific
Euaugaptilus hyperboreus		Arctic Ocean.
Euaugaptilus laticeps		Atlantic and Pacific Ocea
Euaugaptilus nodifrons		Atlantic, Pacific and Ind
Euaugaptilus palumboi		Cosmopolitan.
Haloptilus acutifrons		Indo-Pacific, Arctic and
Haloptilus austini		Northwest Pacific
Haloptilus bulliceps		Northwest Pacific
Haloptilus fertilis		Northwest Pacific
Haloptilus furcatus		Western Central Atlantic
Haloptilus longicirrus		Atlantic and Pacific Ocea
Haloptilus longicornis		Cosmopolitan. Tropical a
Haloptilus mucronatus		Northwest Pacific
Haloptilus ocellatus		Antarctic Atlantic
Haloptilus ornatus		Northwest Pacific
Haloptilus oxycephalus		Northwest Pacific and the
Haloptilus paralongicirrus		Western Central Atlantic.
Haloptilus pseudooxycephalus		Arctic.
Haloptilus spiniceps		Cosmopolitan.
Pseudaugaptilus longiremus		North Atlantic.
Pseudaugaptilus polaris		Arctic
Pseudhaloptilus eurygnathus		Northwest Pacific
Pseudhaloptilus pacificus		Arctic

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