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	<commonName xml:lang='pl'>Morszczuk senegalski</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Carvoa</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Carvoeira</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Marmota-negra</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Pescada-do-Cabo-Branco</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Pescada branca</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Pescada-carvoa</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Pescada-carvoeira</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Pescada-marlonga</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Pescada-moira</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Pescada-negra</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Pescada-negra-senegalense</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ar'>Colin</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='da'>Kulmule</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='da'>Senegalesisk kulmule</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='de'>Seehecht</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Black hake</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Merluza senegalesa</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Senegalese hake</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='et'>Must merluus</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='et'>Senegali merluus</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Merlu du Sénégal</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Merlu noir</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ru'>мерлуза сенегальская</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ru'>Мерлуза синегальская</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Merluza del Senegal</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Merluza negra</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Merluciu negru</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Senegalski oslič</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>塞內加爾無鬚鱈</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>塞内加尔无须鳕</commonName>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Merluccius merluccius senegalensis Cadenat, 1950</synonym>
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