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	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Congrinho da areia</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='cs'>Hadař bezploutvý</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='de'>Europäischer Schlangenaal</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>European finless eel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='et'>Euroopa sileangerjas</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='et'>Uimetu teravsaba</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Anguille-serpent aptère</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='hr'>Zmija dugonoska</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='it'>Biscia di mare cieca</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='it'>Cicella 'e fango</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='it'>Cucco</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='it'>Gagliun</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='it'>Pisci cecu</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='it'>Sirpuzza ceca</commonName>
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	<commonName xml:lang=''>Serpetó cec</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>欧洲无鳍鳗</commonName>
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	<synonym relationship='misapplied name'>Sphagebranchus bimaculatus (non Rafinesque, 1810)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Sphagebranchus caecus (Linnaeus, 1758)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='misapplied name'>Sphagebranchus serpa (non Rafinesque, 1810)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='misapplied name'>Sphagebranchus spallanzani (non Risso, 1810)</synonym>
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