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Family: Cancellariidae (See list of species below)

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42 species in Pacific, Western Central with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Cancellaria aqualica []	Cancellaria asperella []	No picture found Cancellaria boucheti []
No picture found Cancellaria ektyphos []	No picture found Cancellaria mercadoi []	No picture found Cancellaria oblonga []
No picture found Fusiaphera macrospira []	No picture found Fusiaphera macrospiratoides []	No picture found Fusiaphera tosaensis []
No picture found Merica elegans []	No picture found Merica semperiana []	No picture found Nipponaphera habei []
No picture found Nipponaphera iwaotakii []	No picture found Nipponaphera nodosivaricosa []	No picture found Nipponaphera suduirauti []
No picture found Nipponaphera teramachii []	Pisanella viva []	No picture found Plesiotriton vivus []
No picture found Scalptia aliguayensis []	No picture found Scalptia bicolor [Two-colour nutmeg]	No picture found Scalptia contabulata []
No picture found Scalptia crenifera []	No picture found Scalptia crispatoide []	No picture found Scalptia crossei []
No picture found Scalptia mencadoi []	No picture found Scalptia nassa []	No picture found Scalptia scalata []
No picture found Scalptia vangoethemi []	No picture found Scalptia verreauxii []	No picture found Sydaphera Christiana []
No picture found Sydaphera gigantea []	No picture found Trigonostoma crenifera []	No picture found Trigonostoma obliquata []
No picture found Trigonostoma pellucida []	No picture found Trigonostoma scalare []	Trigonostoma scalariformis []
Trigonostoma scalata []	Trigonostoma textilis []	No picture found Trigonostoma thysthlon []
No picture found Tritonoharpa antiquata []	No picture found Tritonoharpa beui []	No picture found Tritonoharpa pseudangasi []

42 Species of Family Cancellariidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Cancellaria aqualica		Western Central Pacific
Cancellaria asperella		Western Central Pacific	4 ShH
Cancellaria boucheti		Western Central Pacific
Cancellaria ektyphos		Western Central Pacific
Cancellaria mercadoi		Western Central Pacific	3.5 ShH
Cancellaria oblonga		Western Central Pacific	4.5 ShH
Fusiaphera macrospira		Western Pacific
Fusiaphera macrospiratoides		Western Central Pacific
Fusiaphera tosaensis		Western Central Pacific
Merica elegans		Western Central Pacific
Merica semperiana		Western Central Pacific
Nipponaphera habei		Western Central Pacific
Nipponaphera iwaotakii		Western Central Pacific
Nipponaphera nodosivaricosa		Western Central Pacific	1.3 SHL
Nipponaphera suduirauti		Western Central Pacific
Nipponaphera teramachii		Western Central Pacific
Pisanella viva		Western Central Pacific	5.5 ShH
Plesiotriton vivus		Indo-West Pacific.
Scalptia aliguayensis		Western Central Pacific
Scalptia bicolor	Two-colour nutmeg	Indo-West Pacific.	2.2 TL
Scalptia contabulata		Indo-West Pacific.
Scalptia crenifera		Western Central Pacific
Scalptia crispatoide		Western Central Pacific
Scalptia crossei		Western Central Pacific
Scalptia mencadoi		Western Central Pacific
Scalptia nassa		Western Central Pacific
Scalptia scalata		Western Central Pacific
Scalptia vangoethemi		Western Central Pacific
Scalptia verreauxii		Western Central Pacific
Sydaphera Christiana		Western Central Pacific
Sydaphera gigantea		Western Central Pacific
Trigonostoma crenifera		Western Central Pacific	2.5 ShH
Trigonostoma obliquata		Western Pacific	2 ShH
Trigonostoma pellucida		Western Central Pacific
Trigonostoma scalare		Western Central Pacific
Trigonostoma scalariformis		Western Pacific	3 ShH
Trigonostoma scalata		Western Central Pacific	3 ShH
Trigonostoma textilis		Western Central Pacific	3.5 ShH
Trigonostoma thysthlon		Western Central Pacific
Tritonoharpa antiquata		Central Pacific
Tritonoharpa beui		Indo-West Pacific
Tritonoharpa pseudangasi		Indo-Pacific.

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