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	<dwc:Kingdom>Animalia</dwc:Kingdom>
	<dwc:Phylum>Chordata</dwc:Phylum>
	<dwc:Class>Teleostei</dwc:Class>
	<dwc:Order>Anguilliformes</dwc:Order>
	<dwc:Family>Nemichthyidae</dwc:Family>
	<dwc:Genus>Nemichthys</dwc:Genus>
	<dwc:ScientificName>Nemichthys scolopaceus Richardson, 1848</dwc:ScientificName>
	<commonName xml:lang='no'>Sneppeål</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pl'>Nitkodziobek</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='cs'>Úhořovka zobákovitá</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='da'>Langhalet sneppeål</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='de'>Bekassinefisch</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='de'>Schnepfenaal</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Atlantic snipe eel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Avocet</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Brittle watersnake</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Glass snake</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Polygon-spotted snipe eel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Slender snipe eel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Slender Snipe Eel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Slender snipe-eel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Snipe eel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Threadeel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Threadfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='et'>Harilik niitangerjas</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fi'>Nokka-ankerias</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Anguille bécasse</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Avocette ruban</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Bécassine de mer</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Long bec</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='is'>Álsnípa</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='it'>Beccaccino di mare</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='it'>Sepp di mari</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ja'>Shigi-unagi</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ru'>угорь куликоротый</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ru'>угорь нитехвостый</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ru'>угорь-нитка</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='sv'>Trådål</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Anguila</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Anguila hocicona</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Pes agazadicha</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Pez agazadicha</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Tijera esbelta</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Ata oceanica</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Fideu</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Snipaal</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>線鰻</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>線鰻(線口鰻)</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>线鳗</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>线鳗(线口鳗)</commonName>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Belonopsis leuchtenbergi (Lowe, 1852)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Cercomitus flagellifer Weber, 1913</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Investigator acanthonotus (Alcock, 1894)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Leptocephalus andreae Schmidt, 1912</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Leptocephalus canaricus Lea, 1913</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Leptorhynchus leuchtenbergi Lowe, 1852</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Nematoprora polygonifera Gilbert, 1905</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Nemichthys acanthonotus Alcock, 1894</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Nemichthys avocetta Jordan &amp; Gilbert, 1881</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Nemichthys fronto Garman, 1899</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Nemichthys gaussiana (Pappenheim, 1914)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Nemichthys mediterraneus Ariola, 1904</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Nemichthys scalopaceus Richardson, 1848</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Nemichthys scolopacea Richardson, 1848</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Paravocettinops trilinearis Kanazawa &amp; Maul, 1967</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='misapplied name'>Serrivomer sector (non Garman, 1899)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Tilurella gaussiana Pappenheim, 1914</synonym>
	<dcterms:created>1991-05-01</dcterms:created>
	<dcterms:modified>2023-06-26</dcterms:modified>
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