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	<dwc:Class>Teleostei</dwc:Class>
	<dwc:Order>Gobiiformes</dwc:Order>
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	<dwc:Genus>Pleurosicya</dwc:Genus>
	<dwc:ScientificName>Pleurosicya spongicola Larson, 1990</dwc:ScientificName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Narrow-fin snake eel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='et'>Ahasuim-teravsabaangerjas</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ja'>Tarumi-umihebi</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>窄鰭蛇鰻</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>窄鳍蛇鳗</commonName>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Ophichthus stenopterus Cope, 1871</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Ophichthys stenopterus Cope, 1871</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Ophisurus pallens Richardson, 1848</synonym>
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	<reference isbn='957-8596-59-6' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=31517&amp;speccode=59367'>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=39782&amp;speccode=59367'>Smith, D.G. and J.E. McCosker0 Ophichthidae. Snake eels, worm eels. p. 1662-1669. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the WCP. Vol. 3. Batoid fishes, chimaeras and bony fishes part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). FAO, Rome. (Ref. 39782)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=40862&amp;speccode=59367'>Lee, C.-L. and H. Asano0 A new ophichthid eel, &lt;i&gt;Ophichthus rotundus&lt;/i&gt; (Ophichthidae, Anguilliformes) from Korea. Korea J. Biol. Sci. 1:549-552. (Ref. 40862)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=40911&amp;speccode=59367'>McCosker, J.E.0 The osteology, classification and relationships of the eel family Ophichthidae. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 41(1):123 p. (Ref. 40911)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=58108&amp;speccode=59367'>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=80565&amp;speccode=59367'>Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.)0 Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of March 2009. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in March 2009. (Ref. 80565)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=105471&amp;speccode=59367'>eElurikkus0 eElurikkus koondab ühte portaali Eesti eluslooduse andmed. http://elurikkus.ut.ee/ (Ref. 105471)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=131478&amp;speccode=59367'>Richardson, J.0 Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus &amp; Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R. N., F. R. S. In: J. Richardson &amp; J. E. Gray (eds.): The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus &amp; Terror, under the command of Captain Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843. E. W. Janson, London. v. 2 (2): i-viii + 1-139, Pls. 1-60. (Ref. 131478)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=131479&amp;speccode=59367'>Hibino, Y., J.E. McCosker and F. Tashiro0 Four new deepwater &lt;i&gt;Ophichthus&lt;/i&gt; (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Japan with a redescription of &lt;i&gt;Ophichthus pallens&lt;/i&gt; (Richardson 1848). Ichthyological Research 66(2):289-306. (Ref. 131479)</reference><dataObject>
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