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	<dwc:ScientificName>Occidentarius platypogon (Günther, 1864)</dwc:ScientificName>
	<commonName xml:lang='da'>Haj-havmalle</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='de'>Minihai</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='de'>Westamerikanischer Kreuzwels</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Tete sea catfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='et'>Hai-haudesäga</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fi'>Lippumerimonni</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Mâchoiron tété</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Bagre tete</commonName>
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	<commonName xml:lang=''>乔氏雅首海鲶</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>喬氏雅首海鯰</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>西氏拟海鲶</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>西氏擬海鯰</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>西曼海鯰</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>西曼海鲶</commonName>
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	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Galeichthys seemanni (Günther, 1864)</synonym>
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	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Hexanematichthys seemanni (Günther, 1864)</synonym>
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	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Tachysurus eigenmanni (Gilbert &amp; Starks, 1904)</synonym>
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