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	<dwc:ScientificName>Polymixia japonica Günther, 1877</dwc:ScientificName>
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	<commonName xml:lang='ja'>Hanamegochi</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ko'>Pong-o-ri-yang-t'ae</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ko'>봉오리양태</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Quǎn yá yǒng</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>大齒鯒</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>大齿鲬</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>牛尾</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>犬牙鯒</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>犬牙鲬</commonName>
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	<synonym relationship='misapplied name'>Ratabulus diversidens (non McCulloch, 1914)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Ratabulus megacephalua (Tanaka, 1917)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Thysanophrys megacephalus Tanaka, 1917</synonym>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=205&amp;speccode=12997'>Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=434&amp;speccode=12997'>Matsubara, K.0 Fish morphology and hierarchy. Vols. 1-3. Ishizaki Shoten, Tokyo. 1605 p. (Ref. 434)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=559&amp;speccode=12997'>Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino0 The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=619&amp;speccode=12997'>Jordan, D.S. and C.L. Hubbs0 Record of fishes obtained by David Starr Jordan in Japan, 1922. Mem. Carnegie Mus. 10(2):93-346. (Ref. 619)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=5193&amp;speccode=12997'>Shen, S.C. (ed.)0 Fishes of Taiwan. Department of Zoology, National Taiwan University, Taipei. 960 p. (Ref. 5193)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=7087&amp;speccode=12997'>Shao, K.-T. and J.-P. Chen0 Fishes of the family Platycephalidae (Teleostei: Platycephaloidei) of Taiwan with descriptions of two new species. Bull. Inst. Zool. Acad. Sin. 26(1):77-94. (Ref. 7087)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=9146&amp;speccode=12997'>Matsubara, K. and A. Ochiai0 A revision of Japanese fishes of the family Platycephalidae (the flatheads). Mem. Coll. Agric., Kyoto Univ. (68):1-109. (Ref. 9146)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=9790&amp;speccode=12997'>Knapp, L.W.0 Platycephalidae. Flatheads. p. 2385-2421. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 4. Bony fishes part 2 (Mugilidae to Carangidae). FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9790)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=11230&amp;speccode=12997'>Yamada, U., S. Shirai, T. Irie, M. Tokimura, S. Deng, Y. Zheng, C. Li, Y.U. Kim and Y.S. Kim0 Names and illustrations of fishes from the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea. Overseas Fishery Cooperation Foundation, Tokyo, Japan. 288 p. (Ref. 11230)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=29003&amp;speccode=12997'>Imamura, H.0 Phylogeny of the family Platycephalidae and related taxa (Pisces: Scorpaeniformes). Species Diversity 1( 2):123-233. (Ref. 29003)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=31075&amp;speccode=12997'>Ni, I.-H. and K.-Y. Kwok0 Marine fish fauna in Hong Kong waters. Zool. Stud. 38(2):130-152. (Ref. 31075)</reference>
	<reference isbn='957-8596-59-6' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=31517&amp;speccode=12997'>Wu, H.L., K.-T. Shao and C.F. Lai (eds.)0 Latin-Chinese dictionary of fishes names. The Sueichan Press, Taiwan. 1028 p. (Ref. 31517)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=36648&amp;speccode=12997'>Randall, J.E. and K.K.P. Lim (eds.)0 A checklist of the fishes of the South China Sea. Raffles Bull. Zool. Suppl. (8):569-667. (Ref. 36648)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=38732&amp;speccode=12997'>Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution). Smithsonian Institution-Division of Fishes. (Ref. 38732)</reference>
	<reference isbn='4-486-01570-3' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=41299&amp;speccode=12997'>Nakabo, T.0 Fishes of Japan with pictorial keys to the species, English edition I. Tokai University Press, Japan, pp v-866. (Ref. 41299)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=47843&amp;speccode=12997'>Huang, Z.0 Marine species and their distribution in China's seas. p. 404-463. Vertebrata. Smithsonian Institution, Florida, USA. 598 p. (Ref. 47843)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=49970&amp;speccode=12997'>Shinohara, G., H. Endo, K. Matsuura, Y. Machida and H. Honda0 Annotated checklist of the deepwater fishes from Tosa Bay, Japan. p. 283-343. In T. Fujita and M. Takeda (eds.). Deep-sea fauna and pollutants in Tosa Bay, National Science Museum Monographs/20, Tokyo. (Ref. 49970)</reference>
	<reference isbn='957-01-6879-X' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=55073&amp;speccode=12997'>Chen, C.-H.0 Checklist of the fishes of Penghu. FRI Special Publication No. 4. 175 p. (Ref. 55073)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57879&amp;speccode=12997'>Chinese Academy of Fishery Science (CAFS)0 Database of genetic resources of aquatic organisms in China (as of January 2007). Chinese Academy of Fishery Science. (Ref. 57879)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=58108&amp;speccode=12997'>Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences0 Chinese aquatic germplasm resources database. http://zzzy.fishinfo.cn (Ref. 58108)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=77001&amp;speccode=12997'>Kim, I.S., Y. Choi, C.L. Lee, Y.J. Lee, B.J. Kim and J.H. Kim0 Illustrated book of Korean fishes. Kyo-Hak Pub Co. Seoul. 615p. (in Korean). (Ref. 77001)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=86254&amp;speccode=12997'>Imamura, H. and M.F. Gomon0 Taxonomic revision of the genus &lt;i&gt;Ratabulus&lt;/i&gt; (Teleostei: Platycephalidae), with descriptions of two new species from Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 67:19-33. (Ref. 86254)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=86278&amp;speccode=12997'>Youn, C.H.0 Fishes of Korea with pictorial key and systematic list. Academy Book: Seoul, 747 pp. (Ref. 86278)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=94637&amp;speccode=12997'>Cornish, A.S.0 Fish assemblages associated with shallow, fringing coral communities in sub-tropical Hong Kong: species composition, spatial and temporal patterns. Hong Kong: Pok Fu Lam, University of Hong Kong, PhD Thesis, 300 p. (Ref. 94637)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=115257&amp;speccode=12997'>FAO-FIES0 Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en (accessed 08/06/2017). (Ref. 115257)</reference><dataObject>
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	<dcterms:created>1995-04-26 00:00:00</dcterms:created>
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	<dc:description>Taken by trawling at depths of 79 to 261m.  Recorded by Galathea Station 539 as being dredged over gravel (Ref. 9790).</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=86254&amp;speccode=12997'>Imamura, H. and M.F. Gomon 2010 Taxonomic revision of the genus &lt;i&gt;Ratabulus&lt;/i&gt; (Teleostei: Platycephalidae), with descriptions of two new species from Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 67:19-33. (Ref. 86254)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>This species is distinguished by the following characters:  94-112 anteroventrally slanted oblique scale rows above lateral line; snout length 31.2-35.7% HL, markedly decreasing in length proportionally with growth; pectoral fin length 13.9-17.0% SL; pelvic fin length 19.5-23.1% SL; nasal bone without tubercles; dorsal surface of head and body dark brown, with small, round, dark-brown spots; and pelvic fin with small brown to black spots (Ref. 86254).</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=9790&amp;speccode=12997'>Knapp, L.W. 1999 Platycephalidae. Flatheads. p. 2385-2421. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 4. Bony fishes part 2 (Mugilidae to Carangidae). FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9790)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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