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	<dc:identifier>FB-10238</dc:identifier>
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	<dwc:Kingdom>Animalia</dwc:Kingdom>
	<dwc:Phylum>Chordata</dwc:Phylum>
	<dwc:Class>Teleostei</dwc:Class>
	<dwc:Order>Myctophiformes</dwc:Order>
	<dwc:Family>Myctophidae</dwc:Family>
	<dwc:Genus>Benthosema</dwc:Genus>
	<dwc:ScientificName>Benthosema pterotum (Alcock, 1890)</dwc:ScientificName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Opaline lanternfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Skinnycheek lanternfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Spinycheek lanternfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ja'>Iwa-hadaka</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ko'>Kit-pi-nǔl-ch'i</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ko'>깃비늘치</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Qī xīng dĭ dēng yú</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Qī xīng yú</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>七星魚</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>七星鱼</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>翼灯笼鱼</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>翼燈籠魚</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>長鰭底燈魚</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>长鳍底灯鱼</commonName>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Benthosema pterota (Alcock, 1890)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Benthosema ptertum (Alcock, 1890)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Myctophum gilberti Evermann &amp; Seale, 1907</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Myctophum pterotum (Alcock, 1890)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Scopelus pterotum Alcock, 1890</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Scopelus pterotus Alcock, 1890</synonym>
	<dcterms:created>1994-05-19</dcterms:created>
	<dcterms:modified>2017-02-15</dcterms:modified>
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