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	<dwc:Kingdom>Animalia</dwc:Kingdom>
	<dwc:Phylum>Chordata</dwc:Phylum>
	<dwc:Class>Teleostei</dwc:Class>
	<dwc:Order>Anguilliformes</dwc:Order>
	<dwc:Family>Ophichthidae</dwc:Family>
	<dwc:Genus>Leiuranus</dwc:Genus>
	<dwc:ScientificName>Leiuranus semicinctus (Lay &amp; Bennett, 1839)</dwc:ScientificName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Mar</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='af'>Halfband-slangpaling</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='cs'>Hadař polopásý</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Banded snake eel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Culverin</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Halfbanded snake eel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Half-banded snake eel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Halfbanded snake-eel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Saddled snake eel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Saddled snake-eel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='et'>Sadul-vöötangerjas</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fj'>kucu</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fi'>Raitakäärmeankerias</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ja'>Sora-umihebi</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='sm'>Gatauli</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ty'>Puhi popooru</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Matirohe</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Poli ni tahi</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>半环平盖蛇鳗</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>半环盖蛇鳗</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>半環平蓋蛇鰻</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>半環蓋蛇鰻</commonName>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Caecula cincta (Tanaka, 1908)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='misapplied name'>Leiuranus colubrinus (non Boddaert, 1781)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Leiuranus lacepedii Bleeker, 1852</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Leiuranus phoenixensis (Schultz, 1943)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Liuranus semicinctus (Lay &amp; Bennett, 1839)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Machaerenchelys phoenixensis Schultz, 1943</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Machaerenchelys vanderbilti Fowler, 1938</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Ophisurus semicinctus Lay &amp; Bennett, 1839</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Sphagebranchus cinctus Tanaka, 1908</synonym>
	<dcterms:created>1993-02-22</dcterms:created>
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