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Family: Molpadiidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Ankyroderma danielsseni []	No picture found Aphelodactyla hyaloeides []	No picture found Aphelodactyla molpadoides []
No picture found Ceraplectana trachyderma []	No picture found Cherbonniera utriculus []	No picture found Eupyrgus scaber []
No picture found Molpadia abyssicola []	No picture found Molpadia amorpha []	No picture found Molpadia andamanensis []
No picture found Molpadia antarctica []	No picture found Molpadia arctica []	No picture found Molpadia changi []
No picture found Molpadia cubana []	No picture found Molpadia discors []	No picture found Molpadia dissimilis []
No picture found Molpadia eltaninae []	No picture found Molpadia guangdongensis []	No picture found Molpadia intermedia []
No picture found Molpadia lenticulum []	No picture found Molpadia liska []	No picture found Molpadia loricata []
Molpadia musculus []	No picture found Molpadia oolitica []	No picture found Molpadia parvulum []
No picture found Molpadia productamensis []	No picture found Molpadia roretzi []	No picture found Molpadia roretzii []

27 Species of Family Molpadiidae
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Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Ankyroderma danielsseni	To be filled.
Aphelodactyla hyaloeides	Western Pacific
Aphelodactyla molpadoides	To be filled.
Ceraplectana trachyderma	Western Central Pacific
Cherbonniera utriculus	To be filled.	1 TL
Eupyrgus scaber	Arctic, Northeast Pacific
Molpadia abyssicola	Southwest Pacific
Molpadia amorpha	To be filled.	10 TL
Molpadia andamanensis	To be filled.
Molpadia antarctica	Southwest Pacific	9.5 TL
Molpadia arctica	Arctic
Molpadia changi	Indo-West Pacific	12 TL
Molpadia cubana	Western Atlantic
Molpadia discors	Southwest Pacific	9 TL
Molpadia dissimilis	Southwest Pacific
Molpadia eltaninae	Southwest Atlantic	11 TL
Molpadia guangdongensis	Northwest Pacific	4 TL
Molpadia intermedia	Northeast Pacific
Molpadia lenticulum	Western Central Pacific
Molpadia liska	Southwest Pacific	8.4 TL
Molpadia loricata	To be filled.
Molpadia musculus	Antarctic, Atlantic, West
Molpadia oolitica	Arctic and Atlantic Ocean
Molpadia parvulum	Western Central Pacific
Molpadia productamensis	To be filled.
Molpadia roretzi	Western Pacific
Molpadia roretzii	To be filled.	12 TL

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