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187:of marine fish in the
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309:Cancelloxus
304:(2 species)
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247:crustaceans
233:With small
200:Percomorpha
196:Ovalentaria
120:Ovalentaria
110:Percomorpha
945:Categories
587:Sticharium
578:S. C. Shen
520:Pavoclinus
509:Ophiclinus
413:Gill, 1893
409:Ericentrus
398:Cristiceps
391:Gill, 1893
362:Clinoporus
295:Blennophis
531:Peronedys
450:Castelnau
431:Gibbonsia
420:Fucomimus
159:See text
73:Kingdom:
67:Eukaryota
24:Clinidae
951:Clinidae
765:Clinidae
752:Clinidae
738:Clinidae
717:Wikidata
708:Clinidae
683:FishBase
643:See also
612:Timeline
300:Swainson
251:mollusks
216:Southern
204:Atlantic
181:Clinidae
166:Synonyms
145:Swainson
140:Clinidae
136:Family:
87:Chordata
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500:Whitley
484:Myxodes
342:Barnard
261:klinein
208:Pacific
153:Genera
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93:Class:
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876:NZOR:
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464:Girard
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436:Cooper
380:, 1816
378:Cuvier
373:Clinus
344:, 1935
330:, 1836
302:, 1839
288:, 1860
271:Genera
210:, and
185:family
147:, 1839
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838:IRMNG
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778:72331
564:Hubbs
258:Greek
189:order
183:is a
104:Clade
864:NCBI
851:ITIS
817:4261
812:GBIF
804:5342
773:BOLD
286:Gill
249:and
243:kelp
218:and
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791:8BY
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