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371:John E. Randall (1995).
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618:Fish described in 1986
374:Coastal Fishes of Oman
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439:Uranoscopus dollfusi
409:Uranoscopus dollfusi
332:"Two new species of
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273:Uranoscopus dollfusi
170:Uranoscopus dollfusi
148:Uranoscopus dollfusi
608:Fish of the Red Sea
210:of the new species
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344:n. sp"
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222:Description
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212:U. dollfusi
117:Uranoscopus
587:Categories
313:2015-01-16
309:. FishBase
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256:References
193:. It is a
228:stargazer
226:Dollfus'
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56:Eukaryota
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474:FishBase
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