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	<dwc:Family>Apogonidae</dwc:Family>
	<dwc:Genus>Ostorhinchus</dwc:Genus>
	<dwc:ScientificName>Ostorhinchus victoriae (Günther, 1859)</dwc:ScientificName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Cardinal fish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Luminous deepsea cardinalfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Luminous deepwater cardinalfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ja'>Kushiba-yasemutsu</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>栉齿后竺鲷</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>櫛齒後竺鯛</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>默氏后竺鲷</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>默氏後竺鯛</commonName>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Epigonus merleni McCosker &amp; Long, 1997</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Oxyodon macrops Brauer, 1906</synonym>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=13608&amp;speccode=14837'>Uyeno, T., K. Matsuura and E. Fujii (eds.)0 Fishes trawled off Suriname and French Guiana. Japan Marine Fishery Resource Research Center, Tokyo, Japan. 519 p. (Ref. 13608)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=13749&amp;speccode=14837'>McCosker, J.E. and D.J. Long0 A new species of the deepwater cardinalfish &lt;i&gt;Epigonus&lt;/i&gt; (Perciformes: Epigonidae) from the Galápagos Islands. Ichthyol. Res. 44(2):125-129. (Ref. 13749)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=26165&amp;speccode=14837'>Weitkamp, D.E. and R.D. Sullivan0 Gas bubble disease in resident fish of the lower Clark Fork River. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 132(5):865-876. (Ref. 26165)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=26282&amp;speccode=14837'>Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.)0 Catalog of fishes. Special Publication, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. 3 vols. 2905 p. (Ref. 26282)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=27363&amp;speccode=14837'>Nakamura, I., T. Inada, M. Takeda and H. Hatanaka0 Important fishes trawled off Patagonia. Japan Marine Fishery Resource Research Center, Tokyo. 369 p. (Ref. 27363)</reference>
	<reference isbn='957-8596-59-6' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=31517&amp;speccode=14837'>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=31632&amp;speccode=14837'>Abramov, A.A.0 Species composition and distribution of &lt;i&gt;Epigonus&lt;/i&gt; (Epigonidae) in the world ocean. J. Ichthyol. 32(5):94-108. (Ref. 31632)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=31982&amp;speccode=14837'>Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the Natural History Museum, London (formerly British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)). Natural History Museum, London (formerly British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)). (Ref. 31982)</reference>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=36648&amp;speccode=14837'>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=36670&amp;speccode=14837'>Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa. (Ref. 36670)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=38732&amp;speccode=14837'>Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution). Smithsonian Institution-Division of Fishes. (Ref. 38732)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=40513&amp;speccode=14837'>Gon, O.0 Epigonidae. Deepwater cardinalfishes. p. 2611-2613. 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. 40513)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=44037&amp;speccode=14837'>Shcherbachev, Y.N.0 Preliminary list of thalassobathyal fishes of the tropical and subtropical waters of the Indian Ocean. J. Ichthyol. 27(2):37-46. (Ref. 44037)</reference>
	<reference isbn='92-5-104827-4' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=51296&amp;speccode=14837'>Gon, O.0 Epigonidae. Deepwater cardinalfishes. p. 1392-1394. In K.E. Carpenter (ed.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Vol. 3: Bony fishes part 2 (Opistognathidae to Molidae), sea turtles and marine mammals. (Ref. 51296)</reference>
	<reference isbn='1-56098-985-8' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=54206&amp;speccode=14837'>Claro, R. and L.R. Parenti0 The marine ichthyofauna of Cuba. p. 21-57. In Claro, R., K.C. Lindeman and L.R. Parenti (eds) Ecology of the marine fishes of Cuba. Smithsonian Institution Press, Wahsington and London. 253p. (Ref. 54206)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=58108&amp;speccode=14837'>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=75154&amp;speccode=14837'>Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton and G.R. Allen0 Fishes. In Beasley, O.L. and A. Wells (eds.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35 Australia: ABRS &amp; CSIRO Publishing, 2178 p. (Ref. 75154)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=78464&amp;speccode=14837'>McEachran, J.D. and J.D. Fechhelm0 Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Vol. 2. Austin : University of Texas Press. viii+1004p. (Ref. 78464)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=92339&amp;speccode=14837'>Okamoto, M., P. Bartsch and H. Motomura0 &lt;i&gt;Epigonus merleni&lt;/i&gt;, a junior synonym of &lt;i&gt;Epigonus macrops&lt;/i&gt; (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Epigonidae). Species Diversity 17:123-126. (Ref. 92339)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=94512&amp;speccode=14837'>McCosker, J.E. and R.H. Rosenblatt0 The fishes of the Galápagos archipelago: An update. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 61[4(Suppl.2)]:167-195. (Ref. 94512)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=101194&amp;speccode=14837'>Patzner, R.A.0 Reproductive strategies of fish. pp. 311-350.  In  Rocha, M.J., A. Arukwe and B.G. Kapoor (eds). Fish reproduction: cytology, biology and ecology. Science Publisher, Inc. Oxford. 631 p. (Ref. 101194)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=127348&amp;speccode=14837'>Grove, J.S., D.J. Long, D.R. Robertson and B.C. Victor0 List of fishes of the Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 39:14-22. (Ref. 127348)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=132290&amp;speccode=14837'>Okamoto, M., C.C. Baldwin and D.J. Long0 Two new species of the deepwater cardinalfsh genus  &lt;i&gt;Epigonus&lt;/i&gt; (Epigonidae) from deep reefs of Curaçao, southern Caribbean. Ichthyol. Res. 1-10. (Ref. 132290)</reference><dataObject>
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