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Family: Hemerocoetidae Indo-Pacific duckbills



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27 species (see list below)
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Acanthaphritis barbata Eastern Indian Ocean to W 10 SL 1963
Acanthaphritis grandisquamis Western Central Pacific 1880
Acanthaphritis ozawai Eastern Indian Ocean 10.8 SL 1971
Acanthaphritis unoorum Western Pacific 1996
Dactylopsaron dimorphicum Southeast Pacific 2.9 SL 1990
Enigmapercis acutirostris Southeast Pacific 1990
Enigmapercis reducta Broad sandfish Indo-Pacific 9 TL 1936
Hemerocoetes artus Southwest Pacific 1979
Hemerocoetes macrophthalmus Southwest Pacific 1914
Hemerocoetes monopterygius Opalfish Southwest Pacific 28 TL 1801
Hemerocoetes morelandi Southwest Pacific 1979
Hemerocoetes pauciradiatus Southwest Pacific 1914
Matsubaraea fusiformis Western Pacific 6.9 SL 1943
Osopsaron formosensis Northwest Pacific 5.5 SL 1985
Osopsaron karlik Southeast Pacific 4.2 SL 1985
Osopsaron verecundum Northwest Pacific 6 SL 1902
Pteropsaron dabfar Western Pacific 3.4 SL 2014
Pteropsaron evolans Northwest Pacific 7 SL 1902
Pteropsaron heemstrai Western Indian Ocean 5.5 SL 1982
Pteropsaron incisum Eastern Pacific 5.2 SL 1905
Pteropsaron indicum Indian signalfish Western Indian Ocean 8.4 SL 2019
Pteropsaron levitoni Western Pacific 2.8 SL 2014
Pteropsaron longipinnis Midwater sand-diver Western Pacific 2.9 SL 2012
Pteropsaron natalensis Western Indian Ocean 3.5 SL 1982
Pteropsaron neocaledonicus Pacific Ocean 4.5 SL 1979
Pteropsaron springeri Springer's sand-diver Western Central Pacific 2.8 SL 2007
Squamicreedia obtusa Obtuse sandfish Indo-West Pacific 8 TL 1921



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cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013