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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=2858&amp;speccode=59041'>Conlu, P.V.0 Guide to Philippine flora and fauna. Fishes. Volume IX. Natural Resources Management Center, Quezon City. 495 p. (Ref. 2858)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=2935&amp;speccode=59041'>Schroeder, R.E.0 Philippine shore fishes of the western Sulu Sea. Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources and NMPC Books, Manila, Philippines. 266 p. (Ref. 2935)</reference>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=31982&amp;speccode=59041'>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=38732&amp;speccode=59041'>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=40511&amp;speccode=59041'>Smith-Vaniz, W.F.0 Opistognathidae. Jawfishes. p. 2588-2589. 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. Volume 4. Bony fishes part 2 (Mugilidae to Carangidae). FAO, Rome. (Ref. 40511)</reference>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=47567&amp;speccode=59041'>Allen, G.R. and M. Adrim0 Coral reef fishes of Indonesia. Zool. Stud. 42(1):1-72. (Ref. 47567)</reference>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=58108&amp;speccode=59041'>Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences0 Chinese aquatic germplasm resources database. http://zzzy.fishinfo.cn (Ref. 58108)</reference>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=128653&amp;speccode=59041'>Smith-Vaniz, W.F.0 Review of Indo-West Pacific jawfishes (&lt;i&gt;Opistognathus&lt;/i&gt;: Opistognathidae), with descriptions of 18 new species. Zootaxa 5252(1):1-180. (Ref. 128653)</reference>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=130435&amp;speccode=59041'>IUCN0 The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1964 - onwards. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ (Ref. 130435)</reference>
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