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Centrarchidae

A family of fish, included in the order Perciformes. Called the freshwater sunfishes; the marine sunfishes, Moliidae[?], are entirely unrelated. Includes 30 species, for example, the black basses, rock bass[?], bluegill[?], and crappie[?].

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