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Page 122
... fishes with large scales , small mouths , Triggerfish ( Balistes conspicillus ) Douglas Faulkner and high - set eyes ... fish and locked in place by the second , the trigger , which must be with- drawn before the first spine is released ...
... fishes with large scales , small mouths , Triggerfish ( Balistes conspicillus ) Douglas Faulkner and high - set eyes ... fish and locked in place by the second , the trigger , which must be with- drawn before the first spine is released ...
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... fish , also called FLUTEMOUTH , COM- mon name for marine fishes of the family Aulostomidae ( order Gasterosteiformes ) , found along shores in tropical waters . Trum- pet fishes have elongated , slender bodies and Trumpet fish ...
... fish , also called FLUTEMOUTH , COM- mon name for marine fishes of the family Aulostomidae ( order Gasterosteiformes ) , found along shores in tropical waters . Trum- pet fishes have elongated , slender bodies and Trumpet fish ...
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... fishes , the wels attains a length of about 4.5 metres ( 15 feet ) and a weight of 300 kilograms ( 660 pounds ) . Wels ( Silurus glanis ) Painting by Gilbert Emerson It is a long - bodied , scaleless fish , usually mot- tled greenish to ...
... fishes , the wels attains a length of about 4.5 metres ( 15 feet ) and a weight of 300 kilograms ( 660 pounds ) . Wels ( Silurus glanis ) Painting by Gilbert Emerson It is a long - bodied , scaleless fish , usually mot- tled greenish to ...
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