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	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Opossum pipefish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Shorttail pipefish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Syngnathe</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Syngnathe à queue courte</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ty'>Tiai pape</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>多斑腹囊海龍</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>多斑腹囊海龙</commonName>
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	<synonym relationship='misapplied name'>Oostethus brachyurus (non Bleeker, 1854)</synonym>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=205&amp;speccode=7720'>Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4127&amp;speccode=7720'>Dawson, C.E.0 Syngnathidae. p. 281-287. 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. 4127)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4517&amp;speccode=7720'>Hureau, J.-C.0 La base de données GICIM: Gestion informatisée des collections ichthyologiques du Muséum. p. 225-227. In Atlas Préliminaire des Poissons d'Eau Douce de France. Conseil Supérieur de la Pêche, Ministère de l'Environnement, CEMAGREF et Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. (Ref. 4517)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=5316&amp;speccode=7720'>Dawson, C.E.0 Indo-Pacific pipefishes (Red Sea to the Americas). The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Ocean Springs, Mississippi, USA. (Ref. 5316)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=13246&amp;speccode=7720'>Marquet, G., B. Séret and R. Lecomte-Finiger0 Inventaires comparés des poissons des eaux intérieures de trois îles océaniques tropicales de l'Indo-Pacifique (la Réunion, la Nouvelle-Calédonie et Tahiti). Cybium 21(1  suppl.):27-34. (Ref. 13246)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=13333&amp;speccode=7720'>Stiassny, M.L.J. and N. Raminosoa0 The fishes of the inland waters of Madagascar. p.133-148. In G.G. Teugels, J.-F. Guégan and J.-J. Albaret (eds.) Biological diversity of African fresh- and brackish water fishes. Geographical overviews presented at the PARADI Symposium, Senegal, 15-20 November 1993. Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Centr., Sci. Zool., 275:177 p. (Ref. 13333)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=13767&amp;speccode=7720'>Randall, J.E.0 Tahitian fish names and a preliminary checklist of the fishes of the Society Islands. Occas. Pap. B. P. Bishop Mus. 24(11):167-214. (Ref. 13767)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=26236&amp;speccode=7720'>Reinthal, P.N. and M.L.J. Stiassny0 Revision of the Madagascan genus &lt;i&gt;Ptychochromoides&lt;/i&gt; (Teleostei: Cichlidae), with description of a new species. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 7(3-4):353-368. (Ref. 26236)</reference>
	<reference isbn='0-9534-693-0-1.' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=30915&amp;speccode=7720'>Lourie, S.A., A.C.J. Vincent and H.J. Hall0 Seahorses: an identification guide to the world's species and their conservation. Project Seahorse, London. 214 p. (Ref. 30915)</reference>
	<reference isbn='957-8596-59-6' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=31517&amp;speccode=7720'>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=31982&amp;speccode=7720'>Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the Natural History Museum, London (formerly British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)). Natural History Museum, London (formerly British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)). (Ref. 31982)</reference>
	<reference isbn='3-87429-411-0' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=33390&amp;speccode=7720'>Fricke, R.0 Fishes of the Mascarene Islands (Réunion, Mauritius, Rodriguez): an annotated checklist, with descriptions of new species. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein, Theses Zoologicae, Vol. 31:759 p. (Ref. 33390)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=36670&amp;speccode=7720'>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='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=38732&amp;speccode=7720'>Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution). Smithsonian Institution-Division of Fishes. (Ref. 38732)</reference>
	<reference isbn='2-86515-113-1' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=48660&amp;speccode=7720'>Keith, P., E. Vigneux and P. Bosc0 Atlas des poissons et des crustacés d'eau douce de La Réunion. Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris. Patrimoines Naturels 39:136p. (Ref. 48660)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=53568&amp;speccode=7720'>Letourneur, Y., P. Chabanet, P. Durville, M. Taquet, E. Teissier, M. Parmentier, J.-C. Quéro and K. Pothin0 An updated checklist of the marine fish fauna of Reunion Island, south-western Indian Ocean. Cybium 28(3):199-216. (Ref. 53568)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=58108&amp;speccode=7720'>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=115257&amp;speccode=7720'>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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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=5316&amp;speccode=7720'>Dawson, C.E. 1985 Indo-Pacific pipefishes (Red Sea to the Americas). The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Ocean Springs, Mississippi, USA. (Ref. 5316)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>Body rings: trunk 19 to 22; tail 20 to 22 (Ref. 57749).</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=5316&amp;speccode=7720'>Dawson, C.E. 1985 Indo-Pacific pipefishes (Red Sea to the Americas). The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Ocean Springs, Mississippi, USA. (Ref. 5316)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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