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	<commonName xml:lang='af'>Blokkies-dikkop</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Checked goby</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>蓬戈伦雷鰕虎鱼</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>蓬戈倫雷鰕虎魚</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>迪氏雷鰕虎魚</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>迪氏雷鰕虎鱼</commonName>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Gobius dewaali Weber, 1897</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Gobius dewaalii Weber, 1897</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Gobius maxillaris Davies, 1948</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Mugilogobius pongolensis Kok &amp; Blaber, 1977</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Redigobius dewaalii (Weber, 1897)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Redigobius pongolensis (Kok &amp; Blaber, 1977)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Stigmatogobius dewaali (Weber, 1897)</synonym>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=2798&amp;speccode=6346'>Hoese, D.F.0 Gobiidae. p. 774-807. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 2798)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=3881&amp;speccode=6346'>IUCN0 1990 IUCN red list of threatened animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, U.K. 288 p. (Ref. 3881)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4343&amp;speccode=6346'>Maugé, L.A.0 Gobiidae. p. 358-388. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 4343)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=6376&amp;speccode=6346'>IUCN0 1994 IUCN red list of threatened animals. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, U.K. (Ref. 6376)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=7248&amp;speccode=6346'>Skelton, P.H.0 A complete guide to the freshwater fishes of southern Africa. Southern Book Publishers. 388 p. (Ref. 7248)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=7442&amp;speccode=6346'>Eschmeyer, W.N.0 PISCES. The information in FishBase was derived by comparing FishBase with a preliminary version 2.0 of Eschmeyer's PISCES database, published on the Internet in November 1996, URL:gopher://gopher.calacademy.org:640/7. (Ref. 7442)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=11344&amp;speccode=6346'>Bauchot, M.-L., J.-M. Ridet and M. Diagne0 Encephalization in Gobioidei (Teleostei). Jap. J. Ichthyol. 36(1):63-74. (Ref. 11344)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=12255&amp;speccode=6346'>Baillie, J. and B. Groombridge (eds.)0 1996 IUCN red list of threatened animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. 378 p. (Ref. 12255)</reference>
	<reference isbn='957-8596-59-6' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=31517&amp;speccode=6346'>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='2-8317-0564-9' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=36508&amp;speccode=6346'>Hilton-Taylor, C.0 2000 IUCN red list of threatened species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. xviii + 61 p. (with 1 CD-ROM). (Ref. 36508)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=36653&amp;speccode=6346'>Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the National Museum of Zimbabwe. National Museum of Zimbabwe, P.O. Box 240, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. (Ref. 36653)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=36670&amp;speccode=6346'>Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa. (Ref. 36670)</reference>
	<reference isbn='0-7307-1292-3' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=43716&amp;speccode=6346'>Larson, H.K.0 A revision of the gobiid fish genus &lt;i&gt;Mugilogobius&lt;/i&gt; (Teleostei: Gobioidei), and its systematic placement. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. (Suppl. No. 62):1-233. (Ref. 43716)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=47438&amp;speccode=6346'>Anonymous0 Fish collection of the Royal Ontario Museum. Royal Ontario Museum. (Ref. 47438)</reference>
	<reference isbn='1-86872-643-6' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=52193&amp;speccode=6346'>Skelton, P.H.0 A complete guide to the freshwater fishes of southern Africa. Cape Town (South Africa): Struik Publishers, 395 p. (Ref. 52193)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=58108&amp;speccode=6346'>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=84480&amp;speccode=6346'>Larson, H.K.0 A review of the gobiid fish genus &lt;i&gt;Redigobius&lt;/i&gt; (Teleostei: Gobionellina), with descriptions of two new species. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 21(2):123-191. (Ref. 84480)</reference>
	<reference isbn='9781578084364' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=92840&amp;speccode=6346'>Patzner, R.A., J.L. Van Tassell, M. Kovačić and B.G. Kapoor0 The biology of gobies. Enfield, NH : Science Publishers ; Boca Raton, FL : DIstributed by CRC Press, 685 p. (Ref. 92840)</reference>
	<reference isbn='1849954984' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=128868&amp;speccode=6346'>Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. 	Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868)</reference><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>Found in clear, vegetated littoral habitats in floodplain pans, lakes and estuaries (Ref. 7248, 52193). It feeds on small crustaceans and insect larvae (Ref. 7248, 52193). Spawns in summer (Ref. 7248, 52193).</dc:description>
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	<dc:description>Diagnosis: Distinguished by the following characteristics: brownish head and body; 5-7 dark vertical to oblique bars along side; curved oblique dark stripes on pale head; reddish unpaired fins; compressed head and body; second dorsal rays I,6-8; anal rays I,5-7; pectoral rays 16-19; longitudinal scales 23-26; TRB 8-11; predorsal scales 8-11; circumpeduncular scales 13; second to fourth spine of first dorsal fin longest; first dorsal fin rounded without elongate spines (Ref. 84480).Description: Body moderately deep, tail rounded (Ref. 52193). Head compressed; eyes large; mouth large, reaching below eye in females or beyond eye in males (Ref. 52193). Dorsal fin with 7 spines and 7-8 soft rays; anal fin with 1 spine and 5-7 soft rays (Ref. 52193). Scales in lateral series 23-29 (Ref. 52193, 84480).Colouration: Translucent olive brown with dark brown or black bars and spots, including a double spot at base of the caudal fin; first dorsal fin with a large blue, black on preservation, spot near hind edge (Ref. 52193).</dc:description>
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