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Stripeys
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Stripeys

Microcanthidae

The Microcanthinae, commonly known as footballers, mados, stripeys, and moonlighters, are a subfamily of the sea chubs, a family of marine ray-finned fish in the order Perciformes.

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4 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 6 known species

Stripeys

genusMicrocanthus

Mados

genusAtypichthys

Moonlighters

genusTilodon

Footballer Sweeps

genusNeatypus

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