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	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Spinyskin velvetfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>皮棘可可鮋</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>皮棘可可鲉</commonName>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Apistus dermacanthus Bleeker, 1852</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Coccotropsis dermacanthus (Bleeker, 1852)</synonym>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=280&amp;speccode=52887'>Herre, A.W.C.T.0 Check list of Philippine fishes. Res. Rep. U.S. Fish Wild. Serv. (20):1-977. (Ref. 280)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=1623&amp;speccode=52887'>Smith, J.L.B. and M.M. Smith0 The fishes of Seychelles. Rhodes University, Grahamstown. 215 p. (Ref. 1623)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=26282&amp;speccode=52887'>Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.)0 Catalog of fishes. Special Publication, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. 3 vols. 2905 p. (Ref. 26282)</reference>
	<reference isbn='957-8596-59-6' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=31517&amp;speccode=52887'>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=52887'>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='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=39602&amp;speccode=52887'>Poss, S.G.0 Aploactinidae. Velvetfishes. p. 2354-2358. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 4. Bony fishes part 2 (Mugilidae to Carangidae). Rome, FAO. 2069-2790 p. (Ref. 39602)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=49352&amp;speccode=52887'>Imamura, H. and G. Shinohara0 &lt;i&gt;Cocotropus keramaensis&lt;/i&gt;, a new species of the family Aploactinidae (Teleostei) from the Kerama Islands, southern Japan. Ichthyol. Res. 50(3):233-238. (Ref. 49352)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=58108&amp;speccode=52887'>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=75988&amp;speccode=52887'>Fricke, R.0 &lt;i&gt;Cocotropus richeri&lt;/i&gt;, a new species of velvetfish (Teleostei: Aploactinidae) from Lifou, Loyalty Islands. Stuttgarter Beitr. Naturkd., Ser. A Nr. 660:1-8. (Ref. 75988)</reference>
	<reference isbn='9780987260000' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=90102&amp;speccode=52887'>Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann0 Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth, Australia: Universitiy of Hawai'i Press, Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research. (Ref. 90102)</reference><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>Upper jaw relatively long, 12-14% SL; stubby fleshy cirrus near distal end of maxilla absent; first dorsal fin relatively short, 20-21% SL; 2nd dorsal spine 19-20% SL (Ref. 39602).Description:  Characterized by having yellowish tan to variable shades of mottled brown color; third dorsal spine tallest; origin of dorsal fin above anterior margin of eye; two small spines in lacrimal; five spines arranged in decreasing size ventrally at rear margin of preopercle; depth of body 2.6 in SL (Ref. 90102).</dc:description>
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