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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=27073&amp;speccode=66614'>Amaoka, K., K. Matsuura, T.. Inada, M. Takeda, H. Hatanaka0 Fishes collected by the R/V Shinkai Maru around New Zealand. Japan Marine Fishery Resource Research Center, Tokyo, Japan. 410 p. (Ref. 27073)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=91119&amp;speccode=66614'>Okamoto, M.0 Two new species of the genus &lt;i&gt;Epigonus&lt;/i&gt; (Perciformes: Epigonidae) from the South Pacific, with a definition of the &lt;i&gt;Epigonus constanciae&lt;/i&gt; group. Ichthyol. Res. 59(3):242-254. (Ref. 91119)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=101194&amp;speccode=66614'>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>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=115257&amp;speccode=66614'>FAO-FIES0 Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en (accessed 08/06/2017). (Ref. 115257)</reference><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>This species is distinguished by the following set of characters:  presence or a pungent opercular spine; maxillary mustache-like process blunt; ribs on the last abdominal vertebra; two round nub-like structures present on symphysis of lower jaw; tongue narrow and sword-like, no teeth; gill rakers 7-9 + 20-21 = 28-30; vertebrae 11 + 14; total pored lateral-line scales 49-54 (hypural end 45-50 + caudal fin 4-5); scales below lateral line 9-10; D VII-I,9; pectoral-fin rays 16-17; pyloric caeca 7; head length 31.9-34.6 % SL; body depth 20.5-22.6 % SL; lower-jaw length 13.5-14.5 % SL; second dorsal-fin spine length 12.7-14.7 % SL; and second anal-fin spine length 12.7-15.5 % SL (Ref. 91119).</dc:description>
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	<dc:description>Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9;  Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 9; Vertebrae: 25</dc:description>
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	<dc:description>Southwest Pacific:  Chatham Rise, east of New Zealand.</dc:description>
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	<dc:description>17.4 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 91119)); 17.43 cm SL (female)</dc:description>
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