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1050:M. K. Meyer
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1013:Regan, 1913
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848:S. F. Baird
820:C. G. E. Ah
809:Rivas, 1971
796:P. H. Gosse
753:D. E. Rosen
619:C. L. Hubbs
534:G. S. Myers
485:D. E. Rosen
432:S. F. Baird
386:G. hurtadoi
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274:Poeciliidae
245:Toluichthys
115:Poeciliidae
1706:Categories
1421:"Gambusia"
1157:1 November
1122:1 November
1107:"Gambusia"
1089:References
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1346:FishBase
1339:Gambusia
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1194:23153067
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262:Gambusia
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1614:1100260
1588:2349552
1468:Q516188
1318:8717293
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579:Regan
548:Rivas
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471:Peden
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