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1172:(5 species)
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931:(2 species)
906:(1 species)
833:(3 species)
793:(4 species)
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428:coho salmon
424:preyed upon
420:euphausiids
369:Bowers Bank
363:, and from
329:dorsal fins
306:Description
257:Atka Island
1544:Categories
1158:Rough scad
701:2021-11-22
516:References
472:, and the
456:), birds (
1071:mackerels
490:game fish
480:Fisheries
432:sablefish
365:Stalemate
333:anal fins
273:Aleutians
149:Species:
87:Kingdom:
81:Eukaryota
1449:10428586
1405:FishBase
1355:BioLib:
1332:Q1866059
1326:Wikidata
768:Mackerel
649:FishBase
581:Archived
531:(1994).
494:American
416:copepods
404:incubate
357:Hokkaido
279:Taxonomy
225:mackerel
190:Synonyms
127:Family:
101:Chordata
97:Phylum:
91:Animalia
77:Domain:
1423:2336515
1242:Related
788:Scomber
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410:Ecology
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1462:167120
1436:228388
1397:124486
1371:110724
1358:312450
547:Mearns
486:caught
448:, and
321:spines
285:Labrax
229:family
181:Pallas
49:, USA
1522:WoRMS
1444:IRMNG
1392:EUNIS
1384:6W42M
915:Wahoo
464:(the
265:Aleut
240:genus
1496:OBIS
1470:NCBI
1457:ITIS
1418:GBIF
1410:4037
1366:BOLD
462:rays
418:and
400:eggs
367:and
325:fins
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