Hemerocoetidae

Indo-Pacific duckbills

29 species

1. 1Acanthaphritis barbata (Okamura & Kishida, 1963)ocean · subtropical
2. 2Acanthaphritis grandisquamis Günther, 1880ocean · tropical
3. 3Acanthaphritis ozawai (McKay, 1971)ocean · subtropical
4. 4Acanthaphritis unoorum Suzuki & Nakabo, 1996ocean · tropical
5. 5Dactylopsaron dimorphicum Parin & Belyanina, 1990ocean · deep-water
6. 6Enigmapercis acutirostris Parin, 1990ocean · deep-water
7. 7Enigmapercis reducta Whitley, 1936 · Broad sandfishocean · subtropical
8. 8Hemerocoetes artus Nelson, 1979ocean · subtropical
9. 9Hemerocoetes macrophthalmus Regan, 1914ocean · temperate
10. 10Hemerocoetes monopterygius (Schneider, 1801) · Opalfishocean · subtropical
11. 11Hemerocoetes morelandi Nelson, 1979ocean · temperate
12. 12Hemerocoetes pauciradiatus Regan, 1914ocean · temperate
13. 13Matsubaraea fusiformis (Fowler, 1943)ocean · subtropical
14. 14Osopsaron formosensis Kao & Shen, 1985ocean · subtropical
15. 15Osopsaron karlik Parin, 1985ocean · deep-water
16. 16Osopsaron verecundum (Jordan & Snyder, 1902)ocean · subtropical
17. 17Pteropsaron dabfar Iwamoto, 2014ocean · tropical
18. 18Pteropsaron evolans Jordan & Snyder, 1902ocean · subtropical
19. 19Pteropsaron heemstrai Nelson, 1982ocean · tropical
20. 20Pteropsaron incisum Gilbert, 1905ocean · deep-water
21. 21Pteropsaron indicum Victor & Kumar, 2019 · Indian signalfishocean · tropical
22. 22Pteropsaron levitoni Iwamoto, 2014ocean · tropical
23. 23Pteropsaron longipinnis Allen & Erdmann, 2012 · Midwater sand-diverocean · tropical · reef
24. 24Pteropsaron natalensis (Nelson, 1982)ocean · subtropical
25. 25Pteropsaron neocaledonicus Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979ocean · subtropical
26. 26Pteropsaron springeri Smith & Johnson, 2007 · Springer's sand-diverocean · tropical
27. 27Schuettea scalaripinnis Steindachner, 1866 · Eastern pomfredbrackish · ocean · subtropical
28. 28Schuettea woodwardi (Waite, 1905) · Woodwards pomfretocean · subtropical
29. 29Squamicreedia obtusa Rendahl, 1921 · Obtuse sandfishocean · tropical

Source: FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase, fetched 2026-10-18.