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	<dwc:Genus>Hoplostethus</dwc:Genus>
	<dwc:ScientificName>Hoplostethus mento (Garman, 1899)</dwc:ScientificName>
	<commonName xml:lang='af'>Maer slangpaling</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='cs'>Hadař tenký</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Thin sand-eel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='et'>Peen kiudangerjas</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Anguille serpent</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>薄細犁鰻</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>薄细犁鳗</commonName>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=3972&amp;speccode=15697'>McCosker, J.E. and P.H.J. Castle0 Ophichthidae. p. 176-186. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 3972)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4517&amp;speccode=15697'>Hureau, J.-C.0 La base de données GICIM: Gestion informatisée des collections ichthyologiques du Muséum. p. 225-227. In Atlas Préliminaire des Poissons d'Eau Douce de France. Conseil Supérieur de la Pêche, Ministère de l'Environnement, CEMAGREF et Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. (Ref. 4517)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=13246&amp;speccode=15697'>Marquet, G., B. Séret and R. Lecomte-Finiger0 Inventaires comparés des poissons des eaux intérieures de trois îles océaniques tropicales de l'Indo-Pacifique (la Réunion, la Nouvelle-Calédonie et Tahiti). Cybium 21(1  suppl.):27-34. (Ref. 13246)</reference>
	<reference isbn='957-8596-59-6' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=31517&amp;speccode=15697'>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=31795&amp;speccode=15697'>McCosker, J.E.0 Pisces Anguilliformes: deepwater snake eels (Ophichthidae) from the New Caledonia region, Southwest Pacific Ocean. p. 571-588. In A. Crosnier (ed.) Résultats des Campagnes Musorstom, Volume 20. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle: 180. (Ref. 31795)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=31982&amp;speccode=15697'>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>
	<reference isbn='3-87429-411-0' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=33390&amp;speccode=15697'>Fricke, R.0 Fishes of the Mascarene Islands (Réunion, Mauritius, Rodriguez): an annotated checklist, with descriptions of new species. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein, Theses Zoologicae, Vol. 31:759 p. (Ref. 33390)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=36653&amp;speccode=15697'>Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the National Museum of Zimbabwe. National Museum of Zimbabwe, P.O. Box 240, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. (Ref. 36653)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=36670&amp;speccode=15697'>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=15697'>Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution). Smithsonian Institution-Division of Fishes. (Ref. 38732)</reference>
	<reference isbn='2-86515-113-1' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=48660&amp;speccode=15697'>Keith, P., E. Vigneux and P. Bosc0 Atlas des poissons et des crustacés d'eau douce de La Réunion. Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris. Patrimoines Naturels 39:136p. (Ref. 48660)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=51054&amp;speccode=15697'>Hanel, L. and J. Novák0 České názvy zivočichů V. Ryby a rybovití obratlovci (Pisces) II., nozdratí (Sarcopterygii), paprskoploutví (Actinopterygii) [chrupavčití (Chondrostei), kostnatí (Neopterygii): kostlíni (Semionotiformes) - bezostní (Clupeiformes)]. Národní muzeum (zoologické odděleí), Praha. (Ref. 51054)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=53568&amp;speccode=15697'>Letourneur, Y., P. Chabanet, P. Durville, M. Taquet, E. Teissier, M. Parmentier, J.-C. Quéro and K. Pothin0 An updated checklist of the marine fish fauna of Reunion Island, south-western Indian Ocean. Cybium 28(3):199-216. (Ref. 53568)</reference>
	<reference isbn='2-85653-597-6' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57749&amp;speccode=15697'>Keith, P., G. Marquet, P. Valade, P. Bosc and E. Vigneux0 Atlas des poissons et des crustacés d'eau douce des Comores, Mascareignes et Seychelles. Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris. Patrimoines naturels, 65:250p. (Ref. 57749)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=58108&amp;speccode=15697'>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=84159&amp;speccode=15697'>Golani, D. and S. V. Bogorodsky0 The fishes of the Red Sea - reappraisal and updated checklist. Zootaxa 2463:1-135. (Ref. 84159)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=105471&amp;speccode=15697'>eElurikkus0 eElurikkus koondab ühte portaali Eesti eluslooduse andmed. http://elurikkus.ut.ee/ (Ref. 105471)</reference><dataObject>
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