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or eroded, rocky shorelines during the day. They are often found sharing these hiding places with
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Deeply keeled, compressed bodies and large eyes typify sweepers, their form somewhat like
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begins before the body's midpoint and may have four to seven spines; the
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The following genera are classified within the family
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237:. All but the curved sweeper (
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265:Red Sea dwarf sweepers (
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172:. Found in the western
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204:Description
170:Pempheridae
123:Pempheridae
113:Perciformes
737:Categories
381:References
218:dorsal fin
748:Percoidea
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308:estuaries
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160:perciform
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73:Eukaryota
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462:FishBase
350:Timeline
222:anal fin
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152:Sweepers
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119:Family:
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83:Animalia
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314:Genera
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