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Acanthurus chirurgus Class: Teleostei Order:Acanthuriformes Family: Acanthuridae	Acanthurus coeruleus Class: Teleostei Order:Acanthuriformes Family: Acanthuridae	Acanthurus nigricans Class: Teleostei Order:Acanthuriformes Family: Acanthuridae
Acanthurus tractus Class: Teleostei Order:Acanthuriformes Family: Acanthuridae	Acanthurus triostegus Class: Teleostei Order:Acanthuriformes Family: Acanthuridae	Acanthurus xanthopterus Class: Teleostei Order:Acanthuriformes Family: Acanthuridae
Ctenochaetus marginatus Class: Teleostei Order:Acanthuriformes Family: Acanthuridae	Prionurus laticlavius Class: Teleostei Order:Acanthuriformes Family: Acanthuridae	Achirus declivis Class: Teleostei Order:Pleuronectiformes Family: Achiridae
Achirus klunzingeri Class: Teleostei Order:Pleuronectiformes Family: Achiridae	Achirus mazatlanus Class: Teleostei Order:Pleuronectiformes Family: Achiridae	Achirus scutum Class: Teleostei Order:Pleuronectiformes Family: Achiridae
Trinectes fimbriatus Class: Teleostei Order:Pleuronectiformes Family: Achiridae	Trinectes fluviatilis Class: Teleostei Order:Pleuronectiformes Family: Achiridae	Trinectes fonsecensis Class: Teleostei Order:Pleuronectiformes Family: Achiridae
Trinectes paulistanus Class: Teleostei Order:Pleuronectiformes Family: Achiridae	Aetobatus laticeps Class: Elasmobranchii Order:Myliobatiformes Family: Aetobatidae	Aetobatus narinari Class: Elasmobranchii Order:Myliobatiformes Family: Aetobatidae
No Image found Albula esuncula Class: Teleostei Order:Albuliformes Family: Albulidae	No Image found Albula pacifica Class: Teleostei Order:Albuliformes Family: Albulidae	Albula vulpes Class: Teleostei Order:Albuliformes Family: Albulidae
Alepisaurus ferox Class: Teleostei Order:Aulopiformes Family: Alepisauridae	Alepocephalus australis Class: Teleostei Order:Alepocephaliformes Family: Alepocephalidae	Bajacalifornia megalops Class: Teleostei Order:Alepocephaliformes Family: Alepocephalidae
Talismania bifurcata Class: Teleostei Order:Alepocephaliformes Family: Alepocephalidae	Alopias pelagicus Class: Elasmobranchii Order:Lamniformes Family: Alopiidae	Alopias superciliosus Class: Elasmobranchii Order:Lamniformes Family: Alopiidae
Ammodytoides gilli Class: Teleostei Order:Perciformes/Uranoscopoidei Family: Ammodytidae	Oxyzygonectes dovii Class: Teleostei Order:Cyprinodontiformes Family: Anablepidae	Anguilla rostrata Class: Teleostei Order:Anguilliformes Family: Anguillidae
Anoplogaster cornuta Class: Teleostei Order:Trachichthyiformes Family: Anoplogastridae	Abantennarius coccineus Class: Teleostei Order:Lophiiformes Family: Antennariidae	Abantennarius sanguineus Class: Teleostei Order:Lophiiformes Family: Antennariidae
Antennatus strigatus Class: Teleostei Order:Lophiiformes Family: Antennariidae	Fowlerichthys avalonis Class: Teleostei Order:Lophiiformes Family: Antennariidae	Hemanthias peruanus Class: Teleostei Order:Perciformes/Serranoidei Family: Anthiadidae
Hemanthias signifer Class: Teleostei Order:Perciformes/Serranoidei Family: Anthiadidae	Pronotogrammus eos Class: Teleostei Order:Perciformes/Serranoidei Family: Anthiadidae	Pronotogrammus multifasciatus Class: Teleostei Order:Perciformes/Serranoidei Family: Anthiadidae
Apogon dovii Class: Teleostei Order:Kurtiformes Family: Apogonidae	Apogon pacificus Class: Teleostei Order:Kurtiformes Family: Apogonidae	Argentina aliceae Class: Teleostei Order:Argentiniformes Family: Argentinidae
Bathyraja spinosissima Class: Elasmobranchii Order:Rajiformes Family: Arhynchobatidae	No Image found Notoraja martinezi Class: Elasmobranchii Order:Rajiformes Family: Arhynchobatidae	Ariopsis assimilis Class: Teleostei Order:Siluriformes Family: Ariidae
Ariopsis guatemalensis Class: Teleostei Order:Siluriformes Family: Ariidae	Ariopsis seemanni Class: Teleostei Order:Siluriformes Family: Ariidae	Bagre marinus Class: Teleostei Order:Siluriformes Family: Ariidae
Bagre panamensis Class: Teleostei Order:Siluriformes Family: Ariidae	Bagre pinnimaculatus Class: Teleostei Order:Siluriformes Family: Ariidae	Cathorops dasycephalus Class: Teleostei Order:Siluriformes Family: Ariidae
Cathorops fuerthii Class: Teleostei Order:Siluriformes Family: Ariidae	No Image found Cathorops higuchii Class: Teleostei Order:Siluriformes Family: Ariidae	Cathorops multiradiatus Class: Teleostei Order:Siluriformes Family: Ariidae
Cathorops spixii Class: Teleostei Order:Siluriformes Family: Ariidae	Cathorops steindachneri Class: Teleostei Order:Siluriformes Family: Ariidae	No Image found Notarius biffi Class: Teleostei Order:Siluriformes Family: Ariidae
Notarius cookei Class: Teleostei Order:Siluriformes Family: Ariidae	Notarius kessleri Class: Teleostei Order:Siluriformes Family: Ariidae	Notarius osculus Class: Teleostei Order:Siluriformes Family: Ariidae
Notarius planiceps Class: Teleostei Order:Siluriformes Family: Ariidae	Notarius troschelii Class: Teleostei Order:Siluriformes Family: Ariidae	Occidentarius platypogon Class: Teleostei Order:Siluriformes Family: Ariidae
Ariomma bondi Class: Teleostei Order:Scombriformes Family: Ariommatidae	Guentherus altivela Class: Teleostei Order:Ateleopodiformes Family: Ateleopodidae	Atherinomorus stipes Class: Teleostei Order:Atheriniformes Family: Atherinidae
Atherinella argentea Class: Teleostei Order:Atheriniformes Family: Atherinopsidae	Atherinella blackburni Class: Teleostei Order:Atheriniformes Family: Atherinopsidae	Atherinella chagresi Class: Teleostei Order:Atheriniformes Family: Atherinopsidae
Atherinella eriarcha Class: Teleostei Order:Atheriniformes Family: Atherinopsidae	Atherinella hubbsi Class: Teleostei Order:Atheriniformes Family: Atherinopsidae	Atherinella milleri Class: Teleostei Order:Atheriniformes Family: Atherinopsidae
Atherinella nepenthe Class: Teleostei Order:Atheriniformes Family: Atherinopsidae	No Image found Atherinella sardina Class: Teleostei Order:Atheriniformes Family: Atherinopsidae	Atherinella starksi Class: Teleostei Order:Atheriniformes Family: Atherinopsidae
Melanorhinus cyanellus Class: Teleostei Order:Atheriniformes Family: Atherinopsidae	Membras gilberti Class: Teleostei Order:Atheriniformes Family: Atherinopsidae	Aulopus bajacali Class: Teleostei Order:Aulopiformes Family: Aulopidae
Aulostomus maculatus Class: Teleostei Order:Syngnathiformes Family: Aulostomidae	Balistes capriscus Class: Teleostei Order:Tetraodontiformes Family: Balistidae	Balistes polylepis Class: Teleostei Order:Tetraodontiformes Family: Balistidae
Balistes vetula Class: Teleostei Order:Tetraodontiformes Family: Balistidae	Canthidermis maculata Class: Teleostei Order:Tetraodontiformes Family: Balistidae	Melichthys niger Class: Teleostei Order:Tetraodontiformes Family: Balistidae
Pseudobalistes naufragium Class: Teleostei Order:Tetraodontiformes Family: Balistidae	Sufflamen verres Class: Teleostei Order:Tetraodontiformes Family: Balistidae	Bathygadus macrops Class: Teleostei Order:Gadiformes Family: Bathygadidae
Bathygadus melanobranchus Class: Teleostei Order:Gadiformes Family: Bathygadidae	Gadomus arcuatus Class: Teleostei Order:Gadiformes Family: Bathygadidae	Batrachoides surinamensis Class: Teleostei Order:Batrachoidiformes Family: Batrachoididae
Batrachoides waltersi Class: Teleostei Order:Batrachoidiformes Family: Batrachoididae	Daector dowi Class: Teleostei Order:Batrachoidiformes Family: Batrachoididae	Daector schmitti Class: Teleostei Order:Batrachoidiformes Family: Batrachoididae
Porichthys greenei Class: Teleostei Order:Batrachoidiformes Family: Batrachoididae	Porichthys margaritatus Class: Teleostei Order:Batrachoidiformes Family: Batrachoididae	Porichthys pauciradiatus Class: Teleostei Order:Batrachoidiformes Family: Batrachoididae
Sanopus barbatus Class: Teleostei Order:Batrachoidiformes Family: Batrachoididae	Ablennes hians Class: Teleostei Order:Beloniformes Family: Belonidae	Platybelone argalus Class: Teleostei Order:Beloniformes Family: Belonidae
Platybelone pterura Class: Teleostei Order:Beloniformes Family: Belonidae	Strongylura exilis Class: Teleostei Order:Beloniformes Family: Belonidae	Strongylura scapularis Class: Teleostei Order:Beloniformes Family: Belonidae
Strongylura timucu Class: Teleostei Order:Beloniformes Family: Belonidae	Tylosurus acus Class: Teleostei Order:Beloniformes Family: Belonidae	Tylosurus fodiator Class: Teleostei Order:Beloniformes Family: Belonidae
Tylosurus pacificus Class: Teleostei Order:Beloniformes Family: Belonidae	No Image found Bembrops magnisquamis Class: Teleostei Order:Perciformes/Bembropoidei Family: Bembropidae	No Image found Bembrops ocellatus Class: Teleostei Order:Perciformes/Bembropoidei Family: Bembropidae
No Image found Bembrops quadrisella Class: Teleostei Order:Perciformes/Bembropoidei Family: Bembropidae	Entomacrodus chiostictus Class: Teleostei Order:Blenniiformes Family: Blenniidae	Hypsoblennius brevipinnis Class: Teleostei Order:Blenniiformes Family: Blenniidae
Hypsoblennius caulopus Class: Teleostei Order:Blenniiformes Family: Blenniidae	No Image found Hypsoblennius paytensis Class: Teleostei Order:Blenniiformes Family: Blenniidae	Hypsoblennius striatus Class: Teleostei Order:Blenniiformes Family: Blenniidae
Ophioblennius steindachneri Class: Teleostei Order:Blenniiformes Family: Blenniidae	Parahypsos piersoni Class: Teleostei Order:Blenniiformes Family: Blenniidae	Bothus constellatus Class: Teleostei Order:Pleuronectiformes Family: Bothidae
Bothus leopardinus Class: Teleostei Order:Pleuronectiformes Family: Bothidae	Bothus lunatus Class: Teleostei Order:Pleuronectiformes Family: Bothidae	Engyophrys sanctilaurentii Class: Teleostei Order:Pleuronectiformes Family: Bothidae