''Centroberyx spinoffs'', the short alfonsino, is a

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. It is found from the

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to off the coast of

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. Its head and body are reddish and it grows to .Smith, Margaret M, and Heemstra, P. (eds) 2003. Smith's sea fishes. South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Grahamstown. Struik publishers, Cape Town.

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* Centroberyx Marine fish of South Africa Endemic fish of South Africa Fish described in 1903 {{Beryciformes-stub