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	<dc:identifier>FB-222</dc:identifier>
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	<dwc:Kingdom>Animalia</dwc:Kingdom>
	<dwc:Phylum>Chordata</dwc:Phylum>
	<dwc:Class>Teleostei</dwc:Class>
	<dwc:Order>Carangiformes</dwc:Order>
	<dwc:Family>Istiophoridae</dwc:Family>
	<dwc:Genus>Tetrapturus</dwc:Genus>
	<dwc:ScientificName>Tetrapturus georgii Lowe, 1841</dwc:ScientificName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Agulhão estilete</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Agulhão-estilete</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Agulhão-marli</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Espadim bicudo</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Espadim-bicudo</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Marlim-bicudo</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Marlin-bicudo</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='af'>Langbek-speervis</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='da'>Langnæbbet spydfisk</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='de'>Langschnauziger Speerfisch</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Atlantic longbill spearfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Longbill Spearfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Longbill spearfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='et'>Pikkkoon-odanina</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Centrolophe noir</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Makaire à longue pectorale</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Makaire becune</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Makaire bécune</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ja'>Kuchinaga</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ja'>Kuchinagafuurai</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ru'>Malyi kopénosets</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='sv'>Långnosad spjutfisk</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='wo'>Dieunou dong</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Aguja</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Aguja del Pacífico</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Aguja picuda</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Marlin trompa larga</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Romerillo</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Dolgokljuna jadrovnica</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Varé</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>鋸鱗四鰭旗魚</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>锯鳞四鳍旗鱼</commonName>
	<synonym relationship='misapplied name'>Tetrapterus belone (non Rafinesque, 1810)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Tetrapterus pfluegeri Robins &amp; de Sylva, 1963</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='misapplied name'>Tetrapturus belone (non Rafinesque, 1810)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='misapplied name'>Tetrapturus beloni (non Rafinesque, 1810)</synonym>
	<dcterms:created>1990-10-17</dcterms:created>
	<dcterms:modified>2014-01-27</dcterms:modified>
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