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278:to Peru. Its range encompasses the
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764:Taxa named by David Starr Jordan
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528:Ophioblennius steindachneri
508:Ophioblennius steindachneri
425:Ophioblennius steindachneri
371:Ophioblennius steindachneri
227:Ophioblennius steindachneri
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447:"Panamic Fanged Blenny"
759:Fish described in 1898
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211:Ophioblennius pinchoti
510:on Sealife Collection
280:Revillagigedo Islands
236:Panamic fanged blenny
165:O. steindachneri
451:www.thatpetplace.com
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232:large-banded blenny
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339:Franz Steindachner
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