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	<dwc:Genus>Mentodus</dwc:Genus>
	<dwc:ScientificName>Mentodus mesalirus (Matsui &amp; Rosenblatt, 1987)</dwc:ScientificName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Bahamas red banner blenny</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Blackfin blenny</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Flagfin blenny</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Redspine Blenny</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Redspine blenny</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Sapito Aletón</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Tubícola bandera roja Bahamas</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Tubícola espina roja</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>西洋拟隆胎鳚</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>西洋擬隆胎鳚</commonName>
	<synonym relationship='misapplied name'>Emblemaria signifer (non Ginsburg, 1942)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='misapplied name'>Emblemariopsis leptocirris (non Stephens, 1970)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='misapplied name'>Emblemariopsis signifera (non Ginsburg, 1942)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='misapplied name'>Pseudemblemaria signifer (non Ginsburg, 1942)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='misapplied name'>Pseudemblemaria signifera (non Ginsburg, 1942)</synonym>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=5521&amp;speccode=16491'>Böhlke, J.E. and C.C.G. Chaplin0 Fishes of the Bahamas and adjacent tropical waters. 2nd edition. University of Texas Press, Austin. (Ref. 5521)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=26938&amp;speccode=16491'>Smith, C.L.0 National Audubon Society field guide to tropical marine fishes of the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the Bahamas, and Bermuda. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York. 720 p. (Ref. 26938)</reference>
	<reference isbn='957-8596-59-6' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=31517&amp;speccode=16491'>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=33407&amp;speccode=16491'>Ramjohn, D.D.0 Checklist of coastal and marine fishes of Trinidad and Tobago. Marine Fishery Analysis Unit, Fisheries Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Marine Resources, Trinidad and Tobago. Fisheries Information Series 8, 151 p. (Ref. 33407)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=38732&amp;speccode=16491'>Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution). Smithsonian Institution-Division of Fishes. (Ref. 38732)</reference>
	<reference isbn='92-5-104827-4' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=51458&amp;speccode=16491'>Williams, J.T.0 Chaenopsidae. Tubeblennies. p. 1761-1767. 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. 51458)</reference>
	<reference isbn='1-888569-61-1' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=52299&amp;speccode=16491'>Nelson, J.S., E.J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L.T. Findley, C.R. Gilbert, R.N. Lea and J.D. Williams0 Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 29, Bethesda, Maryland. ix, 386 p. + 1 CD. (Ref. 52299)</reference>
	<reference isbn='1-56098-985-8' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=54206&amp;speccode=16491'>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=16491'>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=101194&amp;speccode=16491'>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=125603&amp;speccode=16491'>Victor, B.C.0 Review of the glass blennies (Teleostei: Chaenopsidae: &lt;i&gt;Emblemariopsis&lt;/i&gt;) with two new species from the Caribbean Sea. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 37:1-122. (Ref. 125603)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=130435&amp;speccode=16491'>IUCN0 The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1964 - onwards. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ (Ref. 130435)</reference><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>Photographed on live and dead coral substrate (Ref. 125603).</dc:description>
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	<dc:description>Species distinguished by: underside of head dark or pale, no distinct dark spots; first dorsal-fin spine only slightly longer than third spine; first 2 dorsal-fin spines much longer than third and subsequent spines, with distal margin appearing angular as it drops abruptly to the shorter third spine; segmented dorsal-fin rays 10 to 13; total dorsal-fin elements 30 to 38; pectoral-fin rays 13; supraorbital cirrus on each eye arising from a single base, shorter than eye diameter; head smooth anteriorly, never spiny; tip of lower jaw not projecting beyond tip of upper jaw and without fleshy projection; one row of teeth on each palatine bone; no stripe or series of dark blotches on head and body; edge of opercle with series of small, round dark spots, or uniformly pigmented. Common amongst Chaenopsids: small elongate fishes; largest species about 12 cm SL, most under 5 cm SL. Head usually with cirri or fleshy flaps on anterior nostrils, eyes, and sometimes laterally on nape; gill membranes continuous with each other across posteroventral surface of head. Each jaw with canine-like or incisor-like teeth anteriorly; teeth usually also present on vomer and often on palatines (roof of mouth). Dorsal-fin spines flexible, usually outnumbering the segmented soft rays, spinous and segmented-rayed portions forming a single, continuous fin; 2 flexible spines in anal fin; pelvic fins inserted anterior to position of pectoral fins, with 1 spine not visible externally and only 2 or 3 segmented (soft) rays; all fin rays, including caudal-fin rays, unbranched (simple). Lateral line absent. Scales absent (Ref.52855).</dc:description>
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