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Nemipterus bipunctatus
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “species of threadfin bream native to indian oceanic seas”. Today it says “species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family nemipteridae”.
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Nemipterus bipunctatus , the Delagoa threadfin bream , Bleeker's threadfin bream or butterfly bream , is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Nemipteridae , the threadfin and whiptail breams. This demersal fish is found over soft bottoms in the Indian Ocean.
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species of threadfin bream native to indian oceanic seas
Now
species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family nemipteridae
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