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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=240&amp;speccode=57868'>Thresher, R.E.0 Reproduction in reef fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc. Ltd., Neptune City, New Jersey. 399 p. (Ref. 240)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=37393&amp;speccode=57868'>Fraser, T.H.0 A new species of cardinalfish (Apogonidae) from the Philippines, with comments on species of &lt;i&gt;Apogon&lt;/i&gt; with six first dorsal spines. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 111(4):986-991. (Ref. 37393)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=38732&amp;speccode=57868'>Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution). Smithsonian Institution-Division of Fishes. (Ref. 38732)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=50837&amp;speccode=57868'>Gon, O. and J.E. Randall0 A review of the cardinalfishes (Perciformes: Apogonidae) of the Rea Sea. Smithiana Bull. 1:1-47. (Ref. 50837)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=58479&amp;speccode=57868'>Fraser, T.H.0 A review of the species in the &lt;i&gt;Apogon fasciatus&lt;/i&gt; group with a description of a new species of cardinalfish from the Indo-West Pacific (Perciformes: Apogonidae). Zootaxa 924:1-30. (Ref. 58479)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=75154&amp;speccode=57868'>Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton and G.R. Allen0 Fishes. In Beasley, O.L. and A. Wells (eds.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35 Australia: ABRS &amp; CSIRO Publishing, 2178 p. (Ref. 75154)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=84159&amp;speccode=57868'>Golani, D. and S. V. Bogorodsky0 The fishes of the Red Sea - reappraisal and updated checklist. Zootaxa 2463:1-135. (Ref. 84159)</reference>
	<reference isbn='9780987260000' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=90102&amp;speccode=57868'>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>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=96888&amp;speccode=57868'>Mabuchi, K., T.H. Fraser, H. Song, Y. Azuma and M. Nishida0 Revision of the systematics of the cardinalfishes (Percomorpha: Apogonidae) based on molecular analyses and comparative reevaluation of morphological characters. Zootaxa 3846(2):151-203. (Ref. 96888)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=118793&amp;speccode=57868'>Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann0 Coral reef fishes of Timor-Leste. p. 33-82.  In G.R. Allen and M.V. Erdmann (eds).  A rapid biological assessment of Timor-Leste. Conservation International. (Ref. 118793)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=127519&amp;speccode=57868'>Hazes, B.0 Hazes' underwater photos. Collection of Philippine underwater photos. Unpublished. (Ref. 127519)</reference><dataObject>
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