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	<dwc:Genus>Bathophilus</dwc:Genus>
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	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Painted seahorse</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Shiho's seahorse</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ja'>Enshûtatsu</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ja'>Hanatatsu</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ko'>Sindo-haema</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>苔海馬</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>苔海马</commonName>
	<synonym relationship='misapplied name'>Hippocampus coronatus (non Temminck &amp; Schlegel, 1850)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='misapplied name'>Hippocampus mohnikei (non Bleeker, 1853)</synonym>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=205&amp;speccode=23138'>Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=559&amp;speccode=23138'>Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino0 The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=1721&amp;speccode=23138'>Jordan, D.S. and J.O. Snyder0 A review of the hypostomide and lophobranchiate fishes of Japan. Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus. 24(1241):1-20. (Ref. 1721)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=11858&amp;speccode=23138'>Hudson, E. and G. Mace (eds.)0 Marine fish and the IUCN red list of threatened animals. Report of the workshop held in collaboration with WWF and IUCN at the Zoological Society of London, April 29-May 1 1996. World Wildlife Fund, Zoological Society of London, The World Conservation Union, 26 p. (Ref. 11858)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=12255&amp;speccode=23138'>Baillie, J. and B. Groombridge (eds.)0 1996 IUCN red list of threatened animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. 378 p. (Ref. 12255)</reference>
	<reference isbn='0-9534-693-0-1.' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=30915&amp;speccode=23138'>Lourie, S.A., A.C.J. Vincent and H.J. Hall0 Seahorses: an identification guide to the world's species and their conservation. Project Seahorse, London. 214 p. (Ref. 30915)</reference>
	<reference isbn='957-8596-59-6' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=31517&amp;speccode=23138'>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=31982&amp;speccode=23138'>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='2-8317-0564-9' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=36508&amp;speccode=23138'>Hilton-Taylor, C.0 2000 IUCN red list of threatened species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. xviii + 61 p. (with 1 CD-ROM). (Ref. 36508)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=38732&amp;speccode=23138'>Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution). Smithsonian Institution-Division of Fishes. (Ref. 38732)</reference>
	<reference isbn='4-486-01570-3' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=41299&amp;speccode=23138'>Nakabo, T.0 Fishes of Japan with pictorial keys to the species, English edition I. Tokai University Press, Japan, pp v-866. (Ref. 41299)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=52034&amp;speccode=23138'>Foster, S.J. and A.C.J. Vincent0 Life history and ecology of seahorses: implications for conservation and management. J. Fish Biol. 65(1):1-61. (Ref. 52034)</reference>
	<reference isbn='957-01-6879-X' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=55073&amp;speccode=23138'>Chen, C.-H.0 Checklist of the fishes of Penghu. FRI Special Publication No. 4. 175 p. (Ref. 55073)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=58108&amp;speccode=23138'>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=93496&amp;speccode=23138'>CITES0 Appendices I, II and III valid from 25 September 2012. UNEP. (Ref. 93496)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=102318&amp;speccode=23138'>CITES and UNEP-WCMC0 The Checklist of CITES Species Website. Appendices I, II and III valid from 05 February 2015. CITES Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland. Compiled by UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, UK. Http://checklist.cites.org. [Accessed 04/11/2015]. (Ref. 102318)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=108899&amp;speccode=23138'>CITES, UNEP-WCMC0 The Checklist of CITES Species Website. Appendices I, II and III valid from 10 March 2016. CITES Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland. Compiled by UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, UK. https://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php [Accessed 23/06/2016]. (Ref. 108899)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=115213&amp;speccode=23138'>Lourie, S.A., R.A. Pollom and S.J. Foster0 A global revision of the seahorses &lt;i&gt;Hippocampus&lt;/i&gt; Rafinesque 1810 (Actinopterygii: Syngnathiformes): taxonomy and biogeography with recommendations for further research. Zootaxa 4146(1):1-66. (Ref. 115213)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=115941&amp;speccode=23138'>CITES, UNEP-WCMC0 The Checklist of CITES Species Website. Appendices I, II and III valid from 04 April 2017. CITES Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland. Compiled by UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, UK. https://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php [Accessed 01/08/2017]. (Ref. 115941)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=117115&amp;speccode=23138'>Han, S.-Y., J.-K. Kim, Y. Kai and H. Senou0 Seahorses of the &lt;i&gt;Hippocampus coronatus&lt;/i&gt; complex: taxonomic revision, and description of &lt;i&gt;Hippocampus haema&lt;/i&gt;, a new species from Korea and Japan (Teleostei, Syngnathidae). ZooKeys 712:113-139. (Ref. 117115)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=118484&amp;speccode=23138'>CITES, UNEP-WCMC0 The Checklist of CITES Species Website. Appendices I, II and III valid from 04 October 2017. CITES Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland. Compiled by UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, UK. https://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php [Accessed 08/17/2017]. (Ref. 118484)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=128078&amp;speccode=23138'>CITES0 Appendices I, II and III valid from 11 January 2023 and 25 November 2023. UNEP. (Ref. 128078)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=128812&amp;speccode=23138'>Camins, E., L.M. Stanton, M.J. Correia and A.C.J. Vincent0 Comprehensive review of advances in life history of 35 seahorse species, drawn from community science. Fisheries Centre Research Report 31(1):107p. (Ref. 128812)</reference>
	<reference isbn='1849954984' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=128868&amp;speccode=23138'>Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. 	Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=129070&amp;speccode=23138'>Foster, S.J.0 Implementation of CITES Appendix II listing for seahorses in the context of export bans and suspensions. Fisheries Centre Research Report 31(3):306 pp. (Ref. 129070)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=131153&amp;speccode=23138'>CITES0 Appendices I, II and III. UNEP. (Ref. 131153)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=137497&amp;speccode=23138'>Camins, E., L.M. Stanton, M.J. Correia, S.J. Foster, H.J. Koldewey and A.C.J. Vincent0  Advances in life‐history knowledge for 35 seahorse species from community science. J. Fish Biol. 104(5):1548-1565. (Ref. 137497)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=137577&amp;speccode=23138'>Price, S.A., S.T. Friedman, K.A. Corn, O. Larouche, K. Brockelsby, A.J. Lee, M. Nagaraj, N.G. Bertrand, M. Danao, M.C. Coyne, J.R. Estrada, R. Friedman, E. Hoeft, M. Iwan, D. Gross, J.H. Kao, B. Landry, M.J. Linares, C. McGlinn and …0 FishShapes v1: Functionally relevant measurements of teleost shape and size on three dimensions. Ecology 103(e3829):1-2. (Ref. 137577)</reference><dataObject>
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