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	<dwc:Class>Teleostei</dwc:Class>
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	<dwc:Genus>Diaphus</dwc:Genus>
	<dwc:ScientificName>Diaphus roei Nafpaktitis, 1974</dwc:ScientificName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Madagascar numbfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='et'>Madagaskari akurai</commonName>
	<synonym relationship='ambiguous synonym'>Narcine sp. B Not applicable</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='ambiguous synonym'>Narcine sp. Nov. E Not applicable</synonym>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=31157&amp;speccode=60940'>de Carvalho, M.R.0 Systematic revision of the electric ray genus &lt;i&gt;Narcine&lt;/i&gt; Henle, 1834 (Chondrichthyes: Torpediniformes: Narcinidae), and the higher-level phylogenetic relationships of the orders of elasmobranch fishes (Chondrichthyes). Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, the City University of New York. (Ref. 31157)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=40875&amp;speccode=60940'>Baranes, A. and J.E. Randall0 &lt;i&gt;Narcine bentuviai&lt;/i&gt;, a new torpedinoid ray from the northern Red Sea. Isr. J. Zool. 36:85-101. (Ref. 40875)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=41511&amp;speccode=60940'>de Carvalho, M.R., L.J.V. Compagno and J.K.L. Mee0 &lt;i&gt;Narcine oculifera&lt;/i&gt;: a new species of electric ray from the gulfs of Oman and Aden (Chondrichthyes: Torpediniformes: Narcinidae). Copeia 2002(1):137-145. (Ref. 41511)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=93929&amp;speccode=60940'>de Carvalho, M.R., B. Séret and L.J.V. Compagno0 A new species of electric ray of the genus &lt;i&gt;Narcine&lt;/i&gt; Henle, 1834 from the South-western Indian Ocean (Chondrichthyes: Torpediniformes: Narcinidae). S. Afr. J. mar. Sci. 24:135-149. (Ref. 93929)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=105471&amp;speccode=60940'>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=114953&amp;speccode=60940'>Last, P.R., W.T. White, M.R. de Carvalho, B. Séret, M.F.W. Stehmann and G.J.P. Naylor0 Rays of the world. CSIRO Publishing, Comstock Publishing Associates. i-ix + 1-790. (Ref. 114953)</reference><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>Usually found over predominantly muddy substrata (Ref. 93929). Maturity size of males at ca. 27 cm TL; birth size at ca. 14 cm TL (Ref. 114953).</dc:description>
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