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Class: Teleostei
Order: Aulopiformes
Family: Paraulopidae Cucumber fishes

Genus: Paraulopus

(See list of species below)


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14 species (see list below)
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Paraulopus atripes Western Indian Ocean 14 SL 2003
Paraulopus balteatus Banded cucumberfish Southwest Pacific 32 SL 2010
Paraulopus brevirostris Shortsnout cucumberfish Western Pacific 13 SL 1981
Paraulopus filamentosus Northwest Pacific 12.5 SL 1982
Paraulopus japonicus Northwest Pacific 14.6 SL 1956
Paraulopus legandi Western Central Pacific 13.2 SL 1979
Paraulopus longianalis Longfin Cucumberfish Eastern Indian Ocean 16.2 SL 2010
Paraulopus maculatus Western Indian Ocean 17.3 TL 1967
Paraulopus melanogrammus Blackline cucumberfish Western Pacific 24.3 SL 2004
Paraulopus melanostomus Licoricemouth cucumberfish Eastern Indian Ocean 32.2 SL 2010
Paraulopus nigripinnis Cucumber fish Southwest Pacific 25 FL 1878
Paraulopus novaeseelandiae Southwest Pacific 2002
Paraulopus oblongus Western Pacific 8.5 SL 1953
Paraulopus okamurai Piedtip cucumberfish Southwest Pacific 2002



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