Fish Identification

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Fish Identification

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Non-fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Polynoidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Acholoe astericola []	No picture found Australaugeneria rutilans []	No picture found Bouchiria vesiculosa []
No picture found Drieschia pelagica []	No picture found Eunoe depressa [Depressed scale worm]	No picture found Eunoe pallida []
No picture found Gastrolepidia clavigera []	No picture found Harmothoe aequiseta []	No picture found Harmothoe bellani []
No picture found Harmothoe branchiata []	No picture found Harmothoe dictyophora []	No picture found Harmothoe gilchristi []
No picture found Harmothoe grisea []	Harmothoe imbricata [Fifteen-scaled worm]	No picture found Harmothoe impar []
No picture found Harmothoe minuta []	No picture found Harmothoe spinifera []	No picture found Hermadion africanus []
No picture found Hermenia acantholepis [Bristle worm]	No picture found Heteralentia ptycholepis []	No picture found Hololepidella nigropunctata []
No picture found Hyperhalosydna striata []	Iphione muricata []	No picture found Iphione ovata []
No picture found Lagisca flaccida []	No picture found Lepidasthenia elegans []	No picture found Lepidasthenia grimaldii []
No picture found Lepidasthenia nuda []	No picture found Lepidasthenia stylolepis []	No picture found Lepidonotus carinulatus []
No picture found Lepidonotus clava []	No picture found Lepidonotus cristatus []	No picture found Lepidonotus glaucus []
No picture found Lepidonotus impatiens []	No picture found Lepidonotus purpureus []	No picture found Lepidonotus tenuisetosus [Fine-setose scaleworm]
No picture found Malmgreniella castanea []	No picture found Malmgreniella lunulata []	No picture found Malmgreniella murrayensis []
No picture found Paradyte crinoidicola []	No picture found Paradyte levis []	No picture found Paralepidonotus ampulliferus []
No picture found Paralepidonotus erythromaris []	Paralepidonotus indicus []	Polyeunoa laevis []
No picture found Subadyte pellucida []	No picture found Thormora jukesii []	No picture found Uncopolynoe corallicola []

48 Species of Family Polynoidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution
Acholoe astericola		Western Indian Ocean, Nor
Australaugeneria rutilans		Indo-West Pacific
Bouchiria vesiculosa		Western Indian Ocean
Drieschia pelagica		Indian Ocean
Eunoe depressa	Depressed scale worm	Arctic and Indo-Pacific
Eunoe pallida		Indo-West Pacific.
Gastrolepidia clavigera		Indo-West Pacific.
Harmothoe aequiseta		Western Atlantic and West
Harmothoe bellani		Western Indian Ocean, Nor
Harmothoe branchiata		Western Indian Ocean
Harmothoe dictyophora		Indo-West Pacific.
Harmothoe gilchristi		Western Indian Ocean and
Harmothoe grisea		Western Indian Ocean
Harmothoe imbricata	Fifteen-scaled worm	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc
Harmothoe impar		Antarctic, Arctic, Northe
Harmothoe minuta		Indo-West Pacific
Harmothoe spinifera		Western Indian Ocean, Nor
Hermadion africanus		Western Indian Ocean
Hermenia acantholepis	Bristle worm	Indo-West Pacific.
Heteralentia ptycholepis		Indo-West Pacific.
Hololepidella nigropunctata		Indo-West Pacific
Hyperhalosydna striata		Indo-West Pacific
Iphione muricata		Indo-Pacific.
Iphione ovata		Indo-Pacific.
Lagisca flaccida		Western Indian Ocean
Lepidasthenia elegans		Indo-Pacific, Western Cen
Lepidasthenia grimaldii		Western Indian Ocean and
Lepidasthenia nuda		Western Indian Ocean
Lepidasthenia stylolepis		Western Indian Ocean
Lepidonotus carinulatus		Indo-Pacific and the Medi
Lepidonotus clava		Indo-Pacific, Northeast A
Lepidonotus cristatus		Indo-West Pacific.
Lepidonotus glaucus		Indo-Pacific
Lepidonotus impatiens		Western Indian Ocean
Lepidonotus purpureus		Indo-Pacific.
Lepidonotus tenuisetosus	Fine-setose scaleworm	Indo-West Pacific and the
Malmgreniella castanea		Northeast Atlantic, Weste
Malmgreniella lunulata		Atlantic Ocean, the Medit
Malmgreniella murrayensis		Western Indian Ocean
Paradyte crinoidicola		Indo-West Pacific and the
Paradyte levis		Indo-West Pacific.
Paralepidonotus ampulliferus		Indo-West Pacific.
Paralepidonotus erythromaris		Western Indian Ocean
Paralepidonotus indicus		Indo-West Pacific.
Polyeunoa laevis		Indo-Pacific and the Anta
Subadyte pellucida		Indo-West Pacific and the
Thormora jukesii		Indo-West Pacific and Wes
Uncopolynoe corallicola		Western Indian Ocean

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