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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=280&amp;speccode=16277'>Herre, A.W.C.T.0 Check list of Philippine fishes. Res. Rep. U.S. Fish Wild. Serv. (20):1-977. (Ref. 280)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=559&amp;speccode=16277'>Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino0 The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=1371&amp;speccode=16277'>Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba0 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 10. Gadiform fishes of the world (Order Gadiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cods, hakes, grenadiers and other gadiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(10). Rome: FAO. 442 p. (Ref. 1371)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4517&amp;speccode=16277'>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=6187&amp;speccode=16277'>Geistdoerfer, P.0 Macrouridae. p. 644-676. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 6187)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=9949&amp;speccode=16277'>Sazonov, Y.I. and T. Iwamoto0 Grenadiers (Pisces, Gadiformes) of the Nazca and Sala y Gomez ridges, southeastern Pacific. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 48(2):27-95. (Ref. 9949)</reference>
	<reference isbn='957-8596-59-6' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=31517&amp;speccode=16277'>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=16277'>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='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=35509&amp;speccode=16277'>Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the Intitut fur Seefischerei (ISH). BIOLAB Forschungsinstitut, Hohenwestedt, Germany. (Ref. 35509)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=37108&amp;speccode=16277'>Cohen, D.M., A.W. Ebeling, T. Iwamoto, S.B. McDowell, N.B. Marshall, D.E. Rosen, P. Sonoda, W.H. Weed III and L.P. Woods0 Fishes of the western North Atlantic. Part six. New Haven, Sears Found. Mar. Res., Yale Univ. (Ref. 37108)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=38732&amp;speccode=16277'>Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution). Smithsonian Institution-Division of Fishes. (Ref. 38732)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=40643&amp;speccode=16277'>Haedrich, R.L. and N.R. Merrett0 Summary atlas of deep-living demersal fishes in the North Atlantic Basin. J. Nat. Hist. 22:1325-1362. (Ref. 40643)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=47843&amp;speccode=16277'>Huang, Z.0 Marine species and their distribution in China's seas. p. 404-463. Vertebrata. Smithsonian Institution, Florida, USA. 598 p. (Ref. 47843)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=49677&amp;speccode=16277'>Fock, H., F. Uiblein, F. Köster and H. von Westernhagen0 Biodiversity and species-environment relationships of the demersal fish assemblage at the Great Meteor Seamount (subtropical NE Atlantic), sampled by different trawls. Mar. Biol. 141:185-199. (Ref. 49677)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=50546&amp;speccode=16277'>Parin, N.V., A.N. Mironov and K.N. Nesis0 Biology of the Nazca and Sala-y-Gomez submarine ridges, an outpost of the Indo-West Pacific fauna in the Eastern Pacific ocean: composition and distribution of the fauna, its community and history. Adv. Mar. Biol. 32:145-242. (Ref. 50546)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=50734&amp;speccode=16277'>Richer de Forges, B.0 Electronic database of ORSTOM sampling on the Norfolk Ridge. ORSTOM. (Ref. 50734)</reference>
	<reference isbn='92-5-104826-6' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=50812&amp;speccode=16277'>Iwamoto, T.0 Macrouridae. Grenadiers (rattails). p. 977-987. In K.E. Carpenter (ed.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Vol. 2: Bony fishes part 1 (Acipenseridae to Grammatidae). (Ref. 50812)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=51024&amp;speccode=16277'>Hureau, J.-C. and T. Monod (eds.)0 Supplement. Check-list of the fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and of the Mediterranean. p.339-394. In J.-C. Hureau and Th. Monod (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and of the Mediterranean.United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Paris, France. Vols 1-2. 683 p. (Ref. 51024)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=54421&amp;speccode=16277'>Chiou, M.-L., K.-T. Shao and T. Iwamoto0 A new species, &lt;i&gt;Caelorinchus sheni&lt;/i&gt;, and 19 new records of grenadiers (Pisces: Gadiformes: Macrouridae) from Taiwan. Zool. Stud. 43(1):35-50. (Ref. 54421)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=58108&amp;speccode=16277'>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=75154&amp;speccode=16277'>Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton and G.R. Allen0 Fishes. In Beasley, O.L. and A. Wells (eds.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35 Australia: ABRS &amp; CSIRO Publishing, 2178 p. (Ref. 75154)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=86942&amp;speccode=16277'>Fricke, R., M. Kulbicki and L. Wantiez0 Checklist of the fishes of New Caledonia, and their distribution in the Southwest Pacific Ocean (Pisces). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A, Neue Serie 4:341-463. (Ref. 86942)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=97189&amp;speccode=16277'>McMillan, P. and T. Iwamoto0 Descriptions of four species of grenadier fishes of the genera &lt;i&gt;Hymenocephalus&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Hymenogadus&lt;/i&gt; (Teleostei, Gadiformes, Macrouridae) from the New Zealand  region and Tasman Sea, including two new species of &lt;i&gt;Hymenocephalus&lt;/i&gt;. Zootaxa 3856:117-134.. (Ref. 97189)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=98298&amp;speccode=16277'>Schwarzhans, W.0 Head and otolith morphology of the genera &lt;i&gt;Hymenocephalus, Hymenogadus&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Spicomacrurus&lt;/i&gt; (Macrouridae), with the description of three new species. Zootaxa 3888(1):1-73. (Ref. 98298)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=115012&amp;speccode=16277'>De La Hoz-M, J., J. Motta and J. Paramo0 Length-weight relationships for 36 deep sea fish in the Colombian Caribbean Sea. J. Appl. Ichthyol. 32:1356-1359. (Ref. 115012)</reference><dataObject>
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