Fish Identification: Find Species


Family: Hemerocoetidae Indo-Pacific duckbills



(See list of species below)


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27 species (see list below)
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Photo by Shao, K.T.

Eastern Indian Ocean to W
Max. Length 10 cm SL
Acanthaphritis barbata (Okamura & Kishida, 1963)

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Acanthaphritis barbata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 12.4 cm SL
 
Acanthaphritis grandisquamis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 10.8 cm SL
 
Acanthaphritis ozawai
[]
No picture found
 
Acanthaphritis unoorum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.9 cm SL
 
Dactylopsaron dimorphicum
[]
No picture found
 
Enigmapercis acutirostris
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 9 cm TL
 
Enigmapercis reducta
[Broad sandfish]
No picture found
 
Hemerocoetes artus
[]
No picture found
 
Hemerocoetes macrophthalmus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 28 cm TL
 
Hemerocoetes monopterygius
[Opalfish]
No picture found
 
Hemerocoetes morelandi
[]
No picture found
 
Hemerocoetes pauciradiatus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.9 cm SL
 
Matsubaraea fusiformis
[]

Photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 5.5 cm SL
Osopsaron formosensis Kao & Shen, 1985

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Osopsaron formosensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.2 cm SL
 
Osopsaron karlik
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6 cm SL
 
Osopsaron verecundum
[]

Photo by Iwamoto, T.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 3.4 cm SL
Pteropsaron dabfar Iwamoto, 2014

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Pteropsaron dabfar
[]

Photo by Suzuki, T.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 7 cm SL
Pteropsaron evolans Jordan & Snyder, 1902

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Pteropsaron evolans
[]

Photo by SFSA

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 5.5 cm SL
Pteropsaron heemstrai Nelson, 1982

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Pteropsaron heemstrai
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.2 cm SL
 
Pteropsaron incisum
[]

Photo by Kumar, B.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 8.4 cm SL
Pteropsaron indicum Victor & Kumar, 2019

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Pteropsaron indicum
[Indian signalfish]

Photo by Fong, J.D.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 2.8 cm SL
Pteropsaron levitoni Iwamoto, 2014

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Pteropsaron levitoni
[]

Photo by Allen, G.R.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 2.9 cm SL
Pteropsaron longipinnis Allen & Erdmann, 2012

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Pteropsaron longipinnis
[Midwater sand-diver]

Photo by SFSA

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 3.5 cm SL
Pteropsaron natalensis (Nelson, 1982)

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Pteropsaron natalensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.5 cm SL
 
Pteropsaron neocaledonicus
[]

Photo by Ryanskiy, A.

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 2.8 cm SL
Pteropsaron springeri Smith & Johnson, 2007

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Pteropsaron springeri
[Springer's sand-diver]
No picture found

Max. Length 8 cm TL
 
Squamicreedia obtusa
[Obtuse sandfish]


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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 12.4 SL 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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