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Class: Teleostei
Order: Acropomatiformes
Family: Hemerocoetidae Indo-Pacific duckbills

Genus: Pteropsaron

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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
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



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