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	<dwc:Kingdom>Animalia</dwc:Kingdom>
	<dwc:Phylum>Chordata</dwc:Phylum>
	<dwc:Class>Teleostei</dwc:Class>
	<dwc:Order>Synbranchiformes</dwc:Order>
	<dwc:Family>Mastacembelidae</dwc:Family>
	<dwc:Genus>Mastacembelus</dwc:Genus>
	<dwc:ScientificName>Mastacembelus frenatus Boulenger, 1901</dwc:ScientificName>
	<commonName xml:lang='af'>Langstertstekelpaling</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='af'>Langstert-stekelpaling</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Muchili</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='da'>Langhalet snabelål</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='de'>Zügel-Stachelaal</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>East african spiny eel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Longtail spiny eel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Longtail spinyeel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Longtail spiny-eel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Longtailed spinyeel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Shorttail spiny eel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Spiny eel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='et'>Idaaafrika kärsskala</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fi'>Ohjaspuikkokala</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Okunga</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Umukungwe</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>斯氏非洲盲刺鰍</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>斯氏非洲盲刺鳅</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>莫湖非洲盲刺鰍</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>莫湖非洲盲刺鳅</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>長尾非洲盲刺鰍</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>长尾非洲盲刺鳅</commonName>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Aethiomastacembelus frenatus (Boulenger, 1901)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Aethiomastacembelus moeruensis (Boulenger, 1914)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Aethiomastacembelus stappersii (Boulenger, 1914)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Afromastacembelus frenatus (Boulenger, 1901)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Afromastacembelus moeruensis (Boulenger, 1914)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Afromastacembelus stappersii (Boulenger, 1914)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Athieomastacembelus frenatus (Boulenger, 1901)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Caecomastacembelus frenatus (Boulenger, 1901)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Mastacembalus mellandi Boulenger, 1914</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Mastacembalus moeruensis Boulenger, 1914</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Mastacembelus mellandi Boulenger, 1914</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Mastacembelus moeruensis Boulenger, 1914</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Mastacembelus mutombotombo Pellegrin, 1936</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Mastacembelus stappersi Boulenger, 1914</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Mastacembelus stappersii Boulenger, 1914</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Mastacembelus taeniatus Boulenger, 1901</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Mastacembelus thompsoni Boulenger, 1918</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Mastacembelus victoriae Boulenger, 1903</synonym>
	<dcterms:created>1994-05-08</dcterms:created>
	<dcterms:modified>2024-04-16</dcterms:modified>
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