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species have highly compressed, rectangular bodies. The dorsal profile of the head rises steeply to the nape, they have a rounded snout, as is the space between the eyes. The small mouth is horizontal, and cannot be protruded, and has several rows of small bristle like teeth on the jaws teeth in
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has 11-12 robust spines and 16-18 soft rays, the first spine lies flat and there is a deep incision between the spiny and soft rayed parts of the fin. The
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fishes are found in the Indo-Pacific from the coast of East Africa east into the western
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has 4 robust spines and 13-16 soft rays and the relatively small
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several rows. There are no teeth on the roof of the mouth. The
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Italian
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728:"Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus, 1766)"
556:"Genera in the family Scatophagidae"
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812:"Family Scatophagidae Bleeker 1876"
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305:. The genus name is a compound of
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1052:Categories
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321:The genus
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279:Taxonomy
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