Fish Identification

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Fish Identification

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Family: Xanthidae stone and mud crabs (See list of species below)

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

Actaea calculosa [Facetted crabs]	No picture found Actaea glandifera []	No picture found Actaea polyacantha []
No picture found Actaeodes consobrinus []	No picture found Actaeodes hirsutissimus []	No picture found Actaeodes mutatus []
No picture found Actaeodes tomentosus []	No picture found Alainodaeus akiaki []	No picture found Alainodaeus nuku []
No picture found Alainodaeus rimatara []	Atergatis floridus [Green egg crab]	Atergatis integerrimus [Red egg crab]
No picture found Atergatopsis germaini []	No picture found Atergatopsis lucasii []	No picture found Atergatopsis signata [Giant egg crab]
No picture found Banareia parvula []	No picture found Chlorodiella barbata []	No picture found Chlorodiella crispipleopa []
Chlorodiella cytherea []	No picture found Chlorodiella laevissima []	No picture found Chlorodiella nigra []
No picture found Cyclodius granulosus []	No picture found Cyclodius nitidus []	No picture found Cyclodius obscurus []
No picture found Cyclodius ungulatus []	No picture found Cymo andreossyi [Hairy coral crab]	No picture found Cymo deplanatus []
No picture found Cymo melanodactylus [Blue eyed crab]	No picture found Cymo quadrilobatus []	No picture found Danielea noelensis []
No picture found Demania garthi []	No picture found Demania mortenseni []	No picture found Epiactaea nodulosa []
Epistocavea mururoa []	No picture found Etisus anaglyptus []	No picture found Etisus bifrontalis []
No picture found Etisus demani []	Etisus dentatus [Spiny spooner]	No picture found Etisus electra []
No picture found Etisus frontalis []	Etisus laevimanus [Smooth spooner]	No picture found Etisus punctatus []
Etisus splendidus [Splendid spooner]	No picture found Euxanthus exsculptus []	Euxanthus huonii []
No picture found Forestiana depressa []	No picture found Forestiana scabra []	No picture found Gaillardiellus rueppelli []
No picture found Gaillardiellus superciliaris []	No picture found Garthiella aberrans []	No picture found Hypocolpus mararae []
No picture found Jacforus cavatus []	No picture found Juxtaxanthias tetraodon []	No picture found Lachnopodus bidentatus []
No picture found Lachnopodus ponapensis []	No picture found Lachnopodus subacutus []	No picture found Lachnopodus tahitensis []
Leptodius exaratus [Fan round crab]	Leptodius gracilis [Round crab]	No picture found Leptodius nudipes []
No picture found Leptodius sanguineus []	No picture found Liocarpilodes armiger []	No picture found Liocarpilodes harmsi []
No picture found Liocarpilodes integerrimus []	No picture found Liomera bella [Pretty liomera]	No picture found Liomera cinctimanus [Colorful reef crab]
No picture found Liomera laperousei []	No picture found Liomera loevis []	No picture found Liomera monticulosa []
No picture found Liomera pallida []	Liomera rubra [Red liomera]	No picture found Liomera rugata [Corrugated liomera]
No picture found Liomera semigranosa []	No picture found Liomera stimpsonii []	No picture found Liomera striolata []
No picture found Liomera supernodosa [Knotted liomera]	No picture found Liomera tristis []	No picture found Liomera venosa []
No picture found Lioxanthodes alcocki []	No picture found Lipkemera rufomaculata []	No picture found Lophozozymus anaglyptus []
No picture found Lophozozymus bertonciniae []	No picture found Lophozozymus cristatus []	No picture found Lophozozymus dodone []
No picture found Lophozozymus edwardsi []	No picture found Lophozozymus glaber []	No picture found Lophozozymus incisus []
No picture found Lophozozymus pictor [Mosaic reef crab]	No picture found Lophozozymus pulchellus []	No picture found Lophozozymus superbus []
No picture found Luniella pugil []	No picture found Lybia caestifera []	No picture found Lybia edmondsoni [Pom-pom crab]
No picture found Lybia plumosa []	Lybia tessellata [Boxer crab]	No picture found Macromedaeus crassimanus []
No picture found Macromedaeus distinguendus []	No picture found Macromedaeus nudipes []	No picture found Macromedaeus quinquedentatus []
No picture found Medaeus danielita []	No picture found Medaeus elegans []	No picture found Medaeus grandis []
No picture found Meractaea tafai []	No picture found Monodaeus pettersoni []	No picture found Nanocassiope oblonga []
No picture found Neoliomera demani []	Neoliomera insularis []	No picture found Neoliomera pubescens [Strawberry crab]
No picture found Neoliomera richtersii []	No picture found Neoliomera variolosa []	No picture found Paractaea excentrica []
No picture found Paractaea retusa []	No picture found Paractaea rufopunctata [nodose rubble crab]	No picture found Paractaea tumulosa []
No picture found Paractaeopsis quadriareolata []	No picture found Paramedaeus octogesimus []	Paramedaeus simplex []
No picture found Parapilumnus cristimanus []	No picture found Paraxanthias notatus []	No picture found Paraxanthias taylori [Lumpy rubble crab]
No picture found Paraxanthodes polynesiensis []	No picture found Phymodius monticulosus []	No picture found Phymodius ungulatus []
Pilodius areolatus [Areolated xanthid crab]	No picture found Pilodius paumotensis []	No picture found Pilodius pilumnoides []
No picture found Pilodius pubescens []	No picture found Pilodius scabriculus []	No picture found Platypodia granulosa [Crested reef crab]
No picture found Platypodia pseudogranulosa []	No picture found Platypodia semigranosa []	No picture found Pleurocolpus boileaui []
Polydectus cupulifer [Teddy-bear crab]	No picture found Psaumis cavipes []	No picture found Pseudoliomera granosimana []
No picture found Pseudoliomera lata []	No picture found Pseudoliomera ruppellioides []	Pseudoliomera speciosa [Showy xanthid crab]
No picture found Pseudoliomera variolosa []	No picture found Rata tuamotense []	No picture found Soliella flava []
No picture found Tweedieia laysani []	No picture found Tweedieia odhneri []	No picture found Xanthias canaliculatus []
No picture found Xanthias lamarcki []	No picture found Xanthias latifrons [Broad-fronted crab]	No picture found Xanthias nitidulus []
No picture found Xanthias punctatus []	Zosimus aeneus [Devil crab]	No picture found Zozymodes pumilus []
No picture found Zozymodes xanthoides []

151 Species of Family Xanthidae
(stone and mud crabs)

Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Actaea calculosa	Facetted crabs	Indo-Pacific
Actaea glandifera		Indo-Pacific
Actaea polyacantha		Indo-Pacific.
Actaeodes consobrinus		Indo-Pacific.
Actaeodes hirsutissimus		Indo-Pacific
Actaeodes mutatus		Indo-West Pacific.
Actaeodes tomentosus		Indo-Pacific
Alainodaeus akiaki		Eastern Central Pacific
Alainodaeus nuku		Pacific Ocean.
Alainodaeus rimatara		Pacific Ocean
Atergatis floridus	Green egg crab	Indo-Pacific.
Atergatis integerrimus	Red egg crab	Indo-Pacific.
Atergatopsis germaini		Eastern Central Pacific
Atergatopsis lucasii		Central Pacific	3.7 TL
Atergatopsis signata	Giant egg crab	Indo-Pacific. Tropical t	12 CW
Banareia parvula		Southern Pacific
Chlorodiella barbata		Indo-Pacific.
Chlorodiella crispipleopa		Pacific Ocean.
Chlorodiella cytherea		Indo-Pacific.
Chlorodiella laevissima		Indo-Pacific.
Chlorodiella nigra		Indo-Pacific.
Cyclodius granulosus		Indo-Pacific. Tropical t
Cyclodius nitidus		Indo-Pacific.
Cyclodius obscurus		Indo-Pacific.
Cyclodius ungulatus		Indo-Pacific.
Cymo andreossyi	Hairy coral crab	Indo-Pacific.
Cymo deplanatus		Indo-Pacific
Cymo melanodactylus	Blue eyed crab	Indo-Pacific
Cymo quadrilobatus		Indo-Pacific.
Danielea noelensis		Indo-Pacific.
Demania garthi		Indo-Pacific.
Demania mortenseni		Pacific Ocean.
Epiactaea nodulosa		Indo-Pacific.
Epistocavea mururoa		Central Pacific
Etisus anaglyptus		Indo-Pacific.
Etisus bifrontalis		Indo-Pacific.
Etisus demani		Indo-Pacific.
Etisus dentatus	Spiny spooner	Indo-Pacific	12 CW
Etisus electra		Indo-Pacific.
Etisus frontalis		Indo-Pacific.
Etisus laevimanus	Smooth spooner	Indo-Pacific	8 CW
Etisus punctatus		Eastern Central Pacific
Etisus splendidus	Splendid spooner	Indo-Pacific, from Red Se	15 CW
Euxanthus exsculptus		Indo-Pacific.
Euxanthus huonii		Indo-Pacific
Forestiana depressa		Indo-Pacific.
Forestiana scabra		Indo-Pacific.
Gaillardiellus rueppelli		Indo-Pacific.
Gaillardiellus superciliaris		Eastern Indian Ocean
Garthiella aberrans		Pacific Ocean.
Hypocolpus mararae		Eastern Central Pacific
Jacforus cavatus		Eastern Central Pacific
Juxtaxanthias tetraodon		Central Pacific
Lachnopodus bidentatus		Eastern Central Pacific
Lachnopodus ponapensis		Eastern Central Pacific
Lachnopodus subacutus		Indo-Pacific.
Lachnopodus tahitensis		Eastern Central Pacific
Leptodius exaratus	Fan round crab	Indo-Pacific.
Leptodius gracilis	Round crab	Indo-Pacific.
Leptodius nudipes		Indo-Pacific
Leptodius sanguineus		Indo-Pacific.
Liocarpilodes armiger		Indo-Pacific.
Liocarpilodes harmsi		Indo-Pacific.
Liocarpilodes integerrimus		Indo-Pacific.
Liomera bella	Pretty liomera	Indo-Pacific.
Liomera cinctimanus	Colorful reef crab	Indo-Pacific.
Liomera laperousei		Eastern Pacific
Liomera loevis		Indo-Pacific.
Liomera monticulosa		Indo-Pacific.
Liomera pallida		Indo-Pacific
Liomera rubra	Red liomera	Indo-Pacific.
Liomera rugata	Corrugated liomera	Indo-Pacific.
Liomera semigranosa		Indo-Pacific.
Liomera stimpsonii		Indo-Pacific.
Liomera striolata		Indo-Pacific.
Liomera supernodosa	Knotted liomera	Eastern Central Pacific
Liomera tristis		Indo-Pacific.
Liomera venosa		Indo-Pacific.
Lioxanthodes alcocki		Indo-Pacific.
Lipkemera rufomaculata		Eastern Central Pacific
Lophozozymus anaglyptus		Indo-Pacific
Lophozozymus bertonciniae		Pacific Ocean.
Lophozozymus cristatus		Eastern Central Pacific
Lophozozymus dodone		Indo-Pacific.
Lophozozymus edwardsi		Indo-Pacific
Lophozozymus glaber		Eastern Central Pacific
Lophozozymus incisus		Indo-Pacific and Northeas
Lophozozymus pictor	Mosaic reef crab	Indo-Pacific.	10 CW
Lophozozymus pulchellus		Indo-Pacific.
Lophozozymus superbus		Central Pacific
Luniella pugil		Indo-Pacific.
Lybia caestifera		Eastern Central Pacific
Lybia edmondsoni	Pom-pom crab	Eastern Central Pacific
Lybia plumosa		Indo-Pacific.
Lybia tessellata	Boxer crab	Indo-Pacific
Macromedaeus crassimanus		Indo-Pacific
Macromedaeus distinguendus		Indo-Pacific.
Macromedaeus nudipes		Indo-Pacific.
Macromedaeus quinquedentatus		Indo-Pacific
Medaeus danielita		Central Pacific
Medaeus elegans		Central Pacific.
Medaeus grandis		Eastern Central Pacific
Meractaea tafai		Eastern Central Pacific
Monodaeus pettersoni		Eastern Pacific
Nanocassiope oblonga		Eastern Central Pacific
Neoliomera demani		Eastern Central Pacific
Neoliomera insularis		Indo-Pacific	2.3 TL
Neoliomera pubescens	Strawberry crab	Eastern Indian Ocean and
Neoliomera richtersii		Central Pacific
Neoliomera variolosa		Central Pacific	2.1 TL
Paractaea excentrica		Eastern Central Pacific
Paractaea retusa		Indo-Pacific.
Paractaea rufopunctata	nodose rubble crab	Eastern Atlantic and Indo
Paractaea tumulosa		Eastern Central Pacific
Paractaeopsis quadriareolata		Eastern Central Pacific
Paramedaeus octogesimus		Pacific Ocean.
Paramedaeus simplex		Indo-Pacific
Parapilumnus cristimanus		Central Pacific.
Paraxanthias notatus		Indo-West Pacific.
Paraxanthias taylori	Lumpy rubble crab	East Pacific.
Paraxanthodes polynesiensis		Eastern Central Pacific
Phymodius monticulosus		Indo-Pacific.
Phymodius ungulatus		Indo-Pacific	1.8 TL
Pilodius areolatus	Areolated xanthid crab	Indo-Pacific. Tropical t
Pilodius paumotensis		Indo-Pacific.
Pilodius pilumnoides		Indo-West Pacific.	3.3 TL
Pilodius pubescens		Indo-West Pacific
Pilodius scabriculus		Indo-Pacific.
Platypodia granulosa	Crested reef crab	Indo-Pacific.
Platypodia pseudogranulosa		Indo-West Pacific
Platypodia semigranosa		Indo-Pacific.
Pleurocolpus boileaui		Eastern Central Pacific
Polydectus cupulifer	Teddy-bear crab	Indo-Pacific.
Psaumis cavipes		Indo-Pacific.	1.97 TL
Pseudoliomera granosimana		Indo-Pacific.
Pseudoliomera lata		Eastern Central Pacific
Pseudoliomera ruppellioides		Indo-Pacific
Pseudoliomera speciosa	Showy xanthid crab	Indo-Pacific
Pseudoliomera variolosa		Indo-Pacific.
Rata tuamotense		Eastern Central Pacific
Soliella flava		Indo-Pacific.
Tweedieia laysani		Indo-Pacific
Tweedieia odhneri		Indo-Pacific
Xanthias canaliculatus		Eastern Central Pacific
Xanthias lamarcki		Indo-Pacific.
Xanthias latifrons	Broad-fronted crab	Indo-Pacific.
Xanthias nitidulus		Eastern Central Pacific
Xanthias punctatus		Indo-Pacific. Tropical t
Zosimus aeneus	Devil crab	Indo-Pacific	10 CL
Zozymodes pumilus		Indo-West Pacific.
Zozymodes xanthoides		Indo-Pacific.

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