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"taxonomic": "Fundulus bermudae",
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"taxonomic": "Fundulus parvipinnis",
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"taxonomic": "Nothobranchius kafuensis",
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"taxonomic": "Aplocheilus dayi",
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"taxonomic": "Aplocheilus lineatus",
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"taxonomic": "Oryzias latipes",
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"taxonomic": "Heterandria formosa",
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"word": "goldspotted killifish"
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"taxonomic": "Kryptolebias marmoratus",
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"taxonomic": "Aphanius fasciatus",
"word": "Mediterranean killifish"
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"taxonomic": "Lucania parva",
"word": "rainwater killifish"
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"taxonomic": "Empetrichthys latos concavus",
"word": "Raycraft Ranch killifish"
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"taxonomic": "Chologaster cornuta",
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"taxonomic": "Aphanius asquamatus",
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"taxonomic": "Lamprichthys tanganicanus",
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"taxonomic": "Fundulus waccamensis",
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"taxonomic": "Aplocheilus werneri",
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"sense": "tiny fish",
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fish in the order Cyprinodontiformees",
"word": "hammaskarppikala"
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"word": "Gulf killifish"
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"taxonomic": "Oryzias latipes",
"word": "Japanese killifish"
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"word": "least killifish"
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"word": "goldspotted killifish"
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"word": "mangrove killifish"
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"word": "Mediterranean killifish"
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"word": "spotted killifish"
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"taxonomic": "Aplocheilus werneri",
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fish in the order Cyprinodontiformees",
"word": "hammaskarppikala"
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"sense": "fish in the order Cyprinodontiformees",
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