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Family: Nymphonidae (See list of species below)

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33 species in Atlantic, Northeast with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Boreonymphon abyssorum []	No picture found Boreonymphon compactum []	No picture found Boreonymphon ossiansarsi []
No picture found Boreonymphon robustum []	No picture found Heteronymphon ponsitor []	No picture found Nymphon akanthochoeros []
No picture found Nymphon bergi []	No picture found Nymphon brevirostre []	No picture found Nymphon brevitarse []
No picture found Nymphon calypso []	No picture found Nymphon chainae []	No picture found Nymphon cognatum []
No picture found Nymphon elegans []	Nymphon gracile []	No picture found Nymphon grossipes []
No picture found Nymphon hirtipes []	No picture found Nymphon hirtum []	No picture found Nymphon inerme []
No picture found Nymphon laterospinum []	No picture found Nymphon leptocheles []	No picture found Nymphon longimanum []
No picture found Nymphon longitarse []	No picture found Nymphon macronyx []	No picture found Nymphon macrum []
No picture found Nymphon megalops []	No picture found Nymphon micronyx []	No picture found Nymphon rubrum []
No picture found Nymphon serratum []	No picture found Nymphon sluiteri []	No picture found Nymphon stenocheir []
No picture found Nymphon stromi []	No picture found Nymphon subtile []	No picture found Nymphon tubiferum []

33 Species of Family Nymphonidae
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Scientific Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Boreonymphon abyssorum	Northeast Atlantic and Ar
Boreonymphon compactum	Northern Atlantic
Boreonymphon ossiansarsi	Arctic and Northeast Atla
Boreonymphon robustum	Arctic Ocean and Northwes
Heteronymphon ponsitor	Atlantic Ocean.
Nymphon akanthochoeros	Northeast Atlantic
Nymphon bergi	Northwest Pacific
Nymphon brevirostre	Arctic, Northeast Atlanti
Nymphon brevitarse	Pacific and Arctic Oceans
Nymphon calypso	Eastern Atlantic
Nymphon chainae	Atlantic Ocean
Nymphon cognatum	Eastern Atlantic
Nymphon elegans	Northeast Atlantic and th
Nymphon gracile	Northeast Atlantic
Nymphon grossipes	Northern Atlantic, Northe
Nymphon hirtipes	Arctic and Northern Atlan
Nymphon hirtum	Arctic Ocean and Northern
Nymphon inerme	Southwest Pacific, Easter
Nymphon laterospinum	Northern Atlantic and Ind
Nymphon leptocheles	Arctic and Northern Atlan
Nymphon longimanum	Arctic Ocean and Northern
Nymphon longitarse	Northwest Pacific, Arctic
Nymphon macronyx	Northeast Atlantic and Ar
Nymphon macrum	Arctic and Atlantic Ocean
Nymphon megalops	Arctic Ocean and Northern
Nymphon micronyx	Arctic Ocean, Northeast A
Nymphon rubrum	Northern Atlantic and Arc
Nymphon serratum	Arctic and Northern Atlan
Nymphon sluiteri	Circum-arctic
Nymphon stenocheir	Northern Atlantic
Nymphon stromi	Atlantic and the Arctic.
Nymphon subtile	Southwest Atlantic, South	0.27 TRKL
Nymphon tubiferum	Northeast Atlantic

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