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632:"Order Centrachiformes: Families Centrarchidae, Elassomatidae, Enoplosidae, Sinipercidae, Aplodactyildae, Cheilodactylidae, Chironemidae, Cirrhitidae, Latridae, Percichthyidae, Dichistiidae, Girellidae, Kuhlidae, Kyphosidae, Oplegnathidae, Terapontidae, Microanthidae and Scorpididae"
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