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| 128653 | Smith-Vaniz, W.F., 2023. Review of Indo-West Pacific jawfishes (Opistognathus: Opistognathidae), with descriptions of 18 new species. Zootaxa 5252(1):1-180. | 2023 | Opistognathus elizabethensis | 52;fig.16R,72;tab.1-15 |
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