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Also Known As	egg-laying topminnow • cyprinodont • Cyprinodontidae

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Killifish (Fundulus chrysotus)

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Orestias pupfish lyretail Attenborough’s killifish Devils Hole pupfish Nothobranchius kadleci Cape Lopez lyretail Nothobranchius furzeri minnow live-bearer mudminnow shiner

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