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Carapidae

  
Fierasfer acus (Brunnich) 1768      (up to 20cm)
(Carapus acus (Brunnich) 1768)

Sp: Rubioca
Fr: Aurin
It: Galiotto
Cr: Strmorinac, Strmorinac trbusan
Tu: Inci
Is: Dayyar
Ger: Nadelfisch, Eingeweidefisch
En: Pearl-fish

Ophidiidae

  
Ophidion barbatum Linnaeus 1758      (up to 30cm)

Sp: Lorcha
Fr: Douselle, Donzelle
It: Galletto
Cr: Hui bijelac
Tu: Kayis
Is: Zaldegan
Ger: Bartmannchen
En: Snake blenny

  
Parophidion vassali (Risso, 1810)     (up to 25cm)
(Ophidium vassali Risso, 1810, Ophidion vassali Padoa, 1956)

Sp: Doncela roja
Fr: Douselle rosatre, Donzelle rosatre
It: Galletto rosso
Cr: Huj crvencic
Ger: Rosiges Bartmannchen
En: Rosy snake-blenny

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Abbreviations:
Pt: Portugal
Sp: Spain
Ba: Baleares
Cat: Catalan
Fr: France
Co: Corsica
It: Italy
Cr: Croatia
Al: Albania
Ma: Malta
Gr: Greece
Tu: Turkey
Le: Lebanon
Is: Israel
Cy: Cyprus
Eg: Egypt
Lb: Libya
Ts: Tunisia
Ag: Algeria
Mo: Morocco
Ger: Germany
En: English

(the Greek, Arab and Hebrew names have been phonetically transcribed in Latin characters)