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	<commonName xml:lang='ar'>Anfoos</commonName>
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	<commonName xml:lang='ar'>Faridh</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ar'>Jarah almaliki</commonName>
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	<commonName xml:lang='da'>Sohal-kirurgfisk</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='de'>Arabischer Doktorfisch</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Red Sea clown surgeon</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Red Sea surgeonfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Sohal surgeonfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='et'>Araabia kirurgkala</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>紅海刺尾魚</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>红海刺尾鱼</commonName>
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	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Chaetodon sohar (Forsskål, 1775)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Choetodon sohab (Forsskål, 1775)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='ambiguous synonym'>Ctenodon ruppelii (Swainson, 1839)</synonym>
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