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198:of marine fish in the
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665:List of fish families
231:Northern Hemispheres
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561:S. Y. Pinto
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506:Ophiclinops
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415:(3 species)
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398:Cologrammus
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329:(3 species)
327:Smith, 1961
320:Cancelloxus
315:(2 species)
301:(2 species)
258:crustaceans
244:With small
211:Percomorpha
207:Ovalentaria
131:Ovalentaria
121:Percomorpha
956:Categories
598:Sticharium
589:S. C. Shen
531:Pavoclinus
520:Ophiclinus
424:Gill, 1893
420:Ericentrus
409:Cristiceps
402:Gill, 1893
373:Clinoporus
306:Blennophis
542:Peronedys
461:Castelnau
442:Gibbonsia
431:Fucomimus
170:See text
84:Kingdom:
78:Eukaryota
35:Clinidae
962:Clinidae
776:Clinidae
763:Clinidae
749:Clinidae
728:Wikidata
719:Clinidae
694:FishBase
654:See also
623:Timeline
311:Swainson
262:mollusks
227:Southern
215:Atlantic
192:Clinidae
177:Synonyms
156:Swainson
151:Clinidae
147:Family:
98:Chordata
94:Phylum:
88:Animalia
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511:Whitley
495:Myxodes
353:Barnard
272:klinein
219:Pacific
164:Genera
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104:Class:
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923:uBio:
916:266201
887:NZOR:
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854:114591
605:, 1867
591:, 1971
577:, 1952
563:, 1965
549:, 1883
513:, 1932
477:, 1854
475:Girard
463:, 1872
449:, 1864
447:Cooper
391:, 1816
389:Cuvier
384:Clinus
355:, 1935
341:, 1836
313:, 1839
299:, 1860
282:Genera
221:, and
196:family
158:, 1839
18:Clinid
934:WoRMS
903:55599
880:57768
849:IRMNG
841:85698
789:72331
575:Hubbs
269:Greek
200:order
194:is a
115:Clade
875:NCBI
862:ITIS
828:4261
823:GBIF
815:5342
784:BOLD
297:Gill
260:and
254:kelp
229:and
810:EoL
802:8BY
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