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has 2 or 3 spines and 9 or 10 soft rays. The final 2 rays of dorsal and anal fins are elongated, notably longer than the ray immediately in front of them and largely enclosed in a sheath covered in scales. The lower margin of the preorbital bone is smooth or may have tiny serrations. The largest
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376:– golden kali kali
247:Charles Lucien Bonaparte
362:Erythrocles scintillans
268:Emmelichthys schlegelii
239:Coenraad Jacob Temminck
153:Emmelichthys schlegelii
347:Erythrocles schlegelii
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381:Erythrocles taeniatus
312:Erythrocles microceps
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299:Erythrocles acarina
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445:References
428:E. acarina
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256:Erythrinus
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