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Family: Sapphirinidae (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 Copilia lata []	No picture found Copilia longistylis []	No picture found Copilia mirabilis []
No picture found Copilia quadrata []	No picture found Copilia vitrea []	No picture found Saphirinella stylifera []
No picture found Sapphirina angusta []	No picture found Sapphirina auronitens []	No picture found Sapphirina bicuspidata []
No picture found Sapphirina darwini []	No picture found Sapphirina gastrica []	No picture found Sapphirina gemma []
No picture found Sapphirina intestinata []	No picture found Sapphirina iris []	No picture found Sapphirina lactens []
No picture found Sapphirina maculosa []	No picture found Sapphirina metallina []	No picture found Sapphirina nigromaculata []
No picture found Sapphirina opalina []	No picture found Sapphirina ovatolanceolata []	No picture found Sapphirina scarlata []
No picture found Sapphirina sinuicauda []	No picture found Sapphirina stellata []

23 Species of Family Sapphirinidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Copilia lata		Northwest Pacific
Copilia longistylis		Northwest Pacific
Copilia mirabilis		Indo-West Pacific.
Copilia quadrata		Western Pacific.
Copilia vitrea		Northwest Pacific
Saphirinella stylifera		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Sapphirina angusta		Northwest Pacific
Sapphirina auronitens		Northwest Pacific
Sapphirina bicuspidata		Northwest Pacific
Sapphirina darwini		Indo-West Pacific
Sapphirina gastrica		Northwest Pacific
Sapphirina gemma		Northwest Pacific
Sapphirina intestinata		Northwest Pacific
Sapphirina iris		Northwest Pacific
Sapphirina lactens		Northwest Pacific
Sapphirina maculosa		Northwest Pacific
Sapphirina metallina		Western Central Pacific.
Sapphirina nigromaculata		Indo-West Pacific
Sapphirina opalina		Western Central Pacific.
Sapphirina ovatolanceolata		Northwest Pacific
Sapphirina scarlata		Northwest Pacific
Sapphirina sinuicauda		Northwest Pacific
Sapphirina stellata		Northwest Pacific

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