Fish Identification

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Fish Identification

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Non-fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Caryophylliidae cup corals (See list of species below)

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56 species in Indian Ocean, Western with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Anomocora gigas []	No picture found Anomocora marchadi []	No picture found Aulocyathus juvenescens []
No picture found Aulocyathus recidivus []	No picture found Caryophyllia ambrosia [Horn stony coral]	No picture found Caryophyllia cincticulatus []
No picture found Caryophyllia crosnieri []	No picture found Caryophyllia grandis []	No picture found Caryophyllia grayi []
No picture found Caryophyllia hawaiiensis []	No picture found Caryophyllia mabahithi []	No picture found Caryophyllia paradoxus []
No picture found Caryophyllia profunda []	No picture found Caryophyllia rugosa []	No picture found Caryophyllia sarsiae []
No picture found Caryophyllia scobinosa []	Caryophyllia smithii [Devonshire cup coral]	No picture found Caryophyllia zanzibarensis []
No picture found Conotrochus brunneus []	No picture found Dactylotrochus cervicornis []	No picture found Dasmosmilia variegata []
No picture found Deltocyathus andamanicus []	No picture found Deltocyathus rotulus []	No picture found Deltocyathus sarsi []
Desmophyllum dianthus [Cockscomb cup coral]	Desmophyllum pertusum [Spider hazards]	No picture found Goniocorella dumosa [Bushy hard coral]
Heterocyathus aequicostatus [Striped bum coral]	No picture found Heterocyathus alternatus []	No picture found Labyrinthocyathus delicatus []
No picture found Paracyathus cavatus []	No picture found Paracyathus conceptus []	No picture found Paracyathus coronatus []
No picture found Paracyathus fulvus []	No picture found Paracyathus lifuensis []	No picture found Paracyathus parvulus []
No picture found Paracyathus persicus []	No picture found Paracyathus pruinosus []	No picture found Paracyathus pulchellus [Papillose cup coral]
No picture found Paracyathus rotundatus []	No picture found Paracyathus stokesii []	No picture found Phyllangia papuensis []
No picture found Polycyathus furanaensis []	No picture found Polycyathus fuscomarginatus []	No picture found Polycyathus hodgsoni []
No picture found Polycyathus marigondoni []	No picture found Polycyathus persicus []	No picture found Premocyathus cornuformis [Lesser horn coral]
No picture found Rhizosmilia robusta []	No picture found Solenosmilia variabilis [Deepwater branching coral]	No picture found Stephanocyathus campaniformis []
No picture found Stephanocyathus nobilis []	No picture found Stephanocyathus spiniger []	No picture found Trochocyathus cooperi []
No picture found Trochocyathus gardineri []	No picture found Trochocyathus rhombocolumna []

56 Species of Family Caryophylliidae
(cup corals)

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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution
Anomocora gigas		Western Indian Ocean and
Anomocora marchadi		Atlantic Ocean and Indo-P
Aulocyathus juvenescens		Indo-West Pacific
Aulocyathus recidivus		Indo-West Pacific.
Caryophyllia ambrosia	Horn stony coral	Indo-West Pacific and Atl
Caryophyllia cincticulatus		Western Indian Ocean
Caryophyllia crosnieri		Indo-West Pacific.
Caryophyllia grandis		Indian Ocean.
Caryophyllia grayi		Indo-West Pacific.
Caryophyllia hawaiiensis		Indo-Pacific.
Caryophyllia mabahithi		Western Indian Ocean
Caryophyllia paradoxus		Indian Ocean
Caryophyllia profunda		Southeast Atlantic and In
Caryophyllia rugosa		Indo-Pacific.
Caryophyllia sarsiae		Atlantic Ocean and Indo-W
Caryophyllia scobinosa		Southwest Atlantic and In
Caryophyllia smithii	Devonshire cup coral	Atlantic Ocean, the Medit
Caryophyllia zanzibarensis		Western Indian Ocean
Conotrochus brunneus		Indo-West Pacific.
Dactylotrochus cervicornis		Indo-West Pacific.
Dasmosmilia variegata		Atlantic and Western Indi
Deltocyathus andamanicus		Indo-Pacific.
Deltocyathus rotulus		Indo-West Pacific.
Deltocyathus sarsi		Indian Ocean
Desmophyllum dianthus	Cockscomb cup coral	Cosmopolitan. Tropical t
Desmophyllum pertusum	Spider hazards	Cosmopolitan.
Goniocorella dumosa	Bushy hard coral	Indo-Pacific and Southern
Heterocyathus aequicostatus	Striped bum coral	Indo-Pacific.
Heterocyathus alternatus		Indo-West Pacific.
Labyrinthocyathus delicatus		Western Indian Ocean
Paracyathus cavatus		Western Indian Ocean
Paracyathus conceptus		Indo-West Pacific
Paracyathus coronatus		Western Indian Ocean
Paracyathus fulvus		Indian Ocean
Paracyathus lifuensis		Indo-West Pacific
Paracyathus parvulus		Indo-West Pacific.
Paracyathus persicus		Western Indian Ocean
Paracyathus pruinosus		Indo-West Pacific
Paracyathus pulchellus	Papillose cup coral	Atlantic, Mediterranean S
Paracyathus rotundatus		Indo-West Pacific.
Paracyathus stokesii		Indo-West Pacific.
Phyllangia papuensis		Indo-West Pacific.
Polycyathus furanaensis		Indo-West Pacific
Polycyathus fuscomarginatus		Indian Ocean.
Polycyathus hodgsoni		Indo-West Pacific
Polycyathus marigondoni		Indo-West Pacific
Polycyathus persicus		Indian Ocean.
Premocyathus cornuformis	Lesser horn coral	Western Indian Ocean and
Rhizosmilia robusta		Indo-West Pacific.
Solenosmilia variabilis	Deepwater branching coral	Cosmopolitan.
Stephanocyathus campaniformis		Western Indian Ocean and
Stephanocyathus nobilis		Indo-West Pacific and Atl
Stephanocyathus spiniger		Indo-West Pacific.
Trochocyathus cooperi		Indo-West Pacific.
Trochocyathus gardineri		Indo-Pacific.
Trochocyathus rhombocolumna		Indo-Pacific.

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