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Walsh, Stephen J.; Gilbert, Carter R. (1995). "New
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usually possess a spine. The dorsal fin usually has six soft rays. The
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323:group. It is closely related to the Asian family
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422:Green River Formation
966:Fauna Europaea (new)
812:"Family Ictaluridae"
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820:. Mar 2007 version.
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495:Widemouth blindcat
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329:sister taxa
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1115:Categories
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392:formed by
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206:T. N. Gill
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147:Kingdom:
141:Eukaryota
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419:Eocene
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376:, and
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394:Satan
390:clade
362:Satan
351:Satan
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