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	<dwc:Kingdom>Animalia</dwc:Kingdom>
	<dwc:Phylum>Chordata</dwc:Phylum>
	<dwc:Class>Teleostei</dwc:Class>
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	<dwc:Genus>Dactylopus</dwc:Genus>
	<dwc:ScientificName>Dactylopus dactylopus (Valenciennes, 1837)</dwc:ScientificName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Finger dragonet</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Fingered dragonet</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Fingered Dragonet</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ja'>Ippon-teguri</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ms'>Bebaji</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ms'>Bebaji naga</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ms'>Ikan terbang</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='vi'>Cá Đàn lia đen</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='vi'>Cá ma ich</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>指脚</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>指腳䲗</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>指腳</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>指鰭</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>指鳍</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>老鼠</commonName>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Callionymus dactylopus Valenciennes, 1837</synonym>
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	<reference isbn='0-9621564-5-0' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=37816&amp;speccode=8240'>Myers, R.F. 1999 Micronesian reef fishes: a comprehensive guide to the coral reef fishes of Micronesia, 3rd revised and expanded edition. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 330 p. (Ref. 37816)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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