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	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Pacific black scabbardfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ja'>Kurotachimodoki</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>西太平洋等鰭叉尾帶魚</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>西太平洋等鳍叉尾带鱼</commonName>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=6181&amp;speccode=59043'>Nakamura, I. and N.V. Parin0 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 15. Snake mackerels and cutlassfishes of the world (families Gempylidae and Trichiuridae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the snake mackerels, snoeks, escolars, gemfishes, sackfishes, domine, oilfish, cutlassfishes,. scabbardfishes, hairtails, and frostfishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(15):136 p. (Ref. 6181)</reference>
	<reference isbn='957-8596-59-6' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=31517&amp;speccode=59043'>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=33779&amp;speccode=59043'>Borets, L.A.0 Ichthyofauna of the northwestern and Hawaiian submarine ranges. J. Ichthyol. 26(3):1-13. (Ref. 33779)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=40966&amp;speccode=59043'>Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.)0 Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of December 2001. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in December 2001. (Ref. 40966)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=41692&amp;speccode=59043'>Parin, N.V.0 Three new species and new records of cutlass fishes of the genus &lt;i&gt; Aphanopus&lt;/i&gt; (Trichiuridae). J. Ichthyol. 35(2):128-138. (Ref. 41692)</reference>
	<reference isbn='5-85857-003-8' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=50610&amp;speccode=59043'>Russian Academy of Sciences0 Catalog of vertebrates of Kamchatka and adjacent waters. Kamchatsky Pechatny Dvor, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. 166 p. (Ref. 50610)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=51600&amp;speccode=59043'>Beamish, R.J., K.D. Leask, O.A. Ivanov, A.A. Balanov, A.M. Orlov and B. Sinclair0 The ecology, distribution, and abundance of midwater fishes of the Subarctic Pacific gyres. Prog. Oceanog. 43:399-442. (Ref. 51600)</reference>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=58108&amp;speccode=59043'>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=58302&amp;speccode=59043'>Mundy, B.C.0 Checklist of the fishes of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Bishop Mus. Bull. Zool. (6):1-704. (Ref. 58302)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=101194&amp;speccode=59043'>Patzner, R.A.0 Reproductive strategies of fish. pp. 311-350.  In  Rocha, M.J., A. Arukwe and B.G. Kapoor (eds). Fish reproduction: cytology, biology and ecology. Science Publisher, Inc. Oxford. 631 p. (Ref. 101194)</reference>
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