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Family: Solenoceridae solenocerid shrimps (See list of species below)

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26 species in Indian Ocean, Eastern with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Cryptopenaeus sinensis []	No picture found Hadropenaeus lucasii [Trident shrimp]	Haliporoides sibogae [Jack-knife shrimp]
No picture found Haliporus taprobanensis [Redbacked coral prawn]	No picture found Haliporus thetis []	No picture found Hymenopenaeus equalis [Veiled shrimp]
No picture found Hymenopenaeus halli []	No picture found Hymenopenaeus laevis []	No picture found Hymenopenaeus neptunus []
No picture found Hymenopenaeus propinquus []	No picture found Hymenopenaeus sewelli []	Solenocera alfonso [Deep-water mud shrimp]
Solenocera alticarinata [High ridge mud shrimp]	No picture found Solenocera annectens []	No picture found Solenocera barunajaya []
No picture found Solenocera bedokensis []	Solenocera choprai [Ridgeback shrimp]	No picture found Solenocera comata []
Solenocera crassicornis [Udang merah]	Solenocera halli [Malayan mud shrimp]	No picture found Solenocera hextii [Deep-sea mud shrimp]
Solenocera koelbeli [Chinese mud shrimp]	Solenocera pectinata [Comb shrimp]	Solenocera pectinulata [False comb shrimp]
No picture found Solenocera spinajugo []	No picture found Solenocera waltairensis []

26 Species of Family Solenoceridae
(solenocerid shrimps)

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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Cryptopenaeus sinensis		Indo-West Pacific
Hadropenaeus lucasii	Trident shrimp	Indo-Pacific	10 TL
Haliporoides sibogae	Jack-knife shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	20 BL
Haliporus taprobanensis	Redbacked coral prawn	Indo-West Pacific
Haliporus thetis		Indo-Pacific
Hymenopenaeus equalis	Veiled shrimp	Indo-Pacific	9 TL
Hymenopenaeus halli		Indo-Pacific
Hymenopenaeus laevis		Indo-West Pacific and Atl
Hymenopenaeus neptunus		Indo-Pacific
Hymenopenaeus propinquus		Indo-West Pacific
Hymenopenaeus sewelli		Indian Ocean
Solenocera alfonso	Deep-water mud shrimp	Eastern Indian Ocean and	12 BL
Solenocera alticarinata	High ridge mud shrimp	Western Central Pacific	11 BASL
Solenocera annectens		Indo-West Pacific
Solenocera barunajaya		Eastern Indian Ocean
Solenocera bedokensis		Indo-West Pacific
Solenocera choprai	Ridgeback shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	13 BL
Solenocera comata		Indo-Pacific
Solenocera crassicornis	Udang merah	Indo-West Pacific	14 TL
Solenocera halli	Malayan mud shrimp	Indo-West Pacific	10 BASL
Solenocera hextii	Deep-sea mud shrimp	Indian Ocean	13.8 TL
Solenocera koelbeli	Chinese mud shrimp	Indo-West Pacific.	2.2 CL
Solenocera pectinata	Comb shrimp	Indo-West Pacific and Atl	7.5 TL
Solenocera pectinulata	False comb shrimp	Indo-West Pacific and Atl	6.5 BASL
Solenocera spinajugo		Indo-West Pacific
Solenocera waltairensis		Indo-West Pacific

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