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	<dwc:Genus>Mastacembelus</dwc:Genus>
	<dwc:ScientificName>Mastacembelus mastacembelus (Banks &amp; Solander, 1794)</dwc:ScientificName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Abadejo-cego-da-Nova-Caledónia</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Loyalty brotula</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>少輻副柄臂膠鳚</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>少辐副柄臂胶鳚</commonName>
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	<reference isbn='957-8596-59-6' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=31517&amp;speccode=54842'>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='2-85653-500-3' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=31524&amp;speccode=54842'>Nielsen, J.G.0 Deepwater ophidiiform fishes from off New Caledonia with six new species. No. 4. In B. Séret (ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, v. 17. Mem. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. (MMNHN) 174:51-82. (Ref. 31524)</reference>
	<reference isbn='92-5-104375-2' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=34024&amp;speccode=54842'>Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins0 Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(18):178p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 34024)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=58108&amp;speccode=54842'>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=86942&amp;speccode=54842'>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=129454&amp;speccode=54842'>Nielsen, J.G.0 Revision of the genera &lt;i&gt;Meteoria&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Parasciadonus&lt;/i&gt; (Bythitidae) with a new Atlantic, abyssal species of &lt;i&gt;Meteoria&lt;/i&gt;. Cybium 40(3):215-223. (Ref. 129454)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=130840&amp;speccode=54842'>Carneiro, M., R. Martins, D. Silva, I. Quaresma and I. Batista0 Os peixes na rota de Magalhães - proposta de nomenclatura portuguesa.. Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, I.P.: v + 876 p. (Ref. 130840)</reference><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>Western Pacific:  off New Caledonia.</dc:description>
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