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	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Watases lanternfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Watase's lanternfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ja'>Hadaka-iwashi</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>渡濑头光鱼</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>渡瀨頭光魚</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>瓦氏眶灯鱼</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>瓦氏眶燈魚</commonName>
	<synonym relationship='misapplied name'>Diaphus coeruleus (non Klunzinger, 1871)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='misapplied name'>Diaphus elucens (non Brauer, 1904)</synonym>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4066&amp;speccode=10268'>Hulley, P.A.0 Myctophidae. p. 282-321. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4066)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4517&amp;speccode=10268'>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='0-642-70001-X.' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=5978&amp;speccode=10268'>Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. and P.J. Kailola0 Trawled fishes of southern Indonesia and northwestern Australia. Australian Development Assistance Bureau, Australia, Directorate General of Fishes, Indonesia, and German Agency for Technical Cooperation, Federal Republic of Germany. 407 p. (Ref. 5978)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=7300&amp;speccode=10268'>Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley0 Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=9835&amp;speccode=10268'>Paxton, J.R. and P.A. Hulley0 Myctophidae. Lanternfishes. p. 1957-1964. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the WCP. Vol. 3. Batoid fishes, chimaeras and bony fishes part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9835)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=12711&amp;speccode=10268'>Shao, K.-T.0 A checklist of fishes recorded in Taiwan and their distribution around Taiwan. Unpublished database, version of April 1997. (Ref. 12711)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=27311&amp;speccode=10268'>Shinohara, G., H. Endo and K. Matsuura0 Deep-water fishes collected from the Pacific Coast of Northern Honshu, Japan. Mem. Natn. Sci. Mus., Tokyo (29):153-185. (Ref. 27311)</reference>
	<reference isbn='957-8596-59-6' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=31517&amp;speccode=10268'>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=10268'>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=33839&amp;speccode=10268'>Gomon, M.F., C.J.M. Glover and R.H. Kuiter (eds.)0 The fishes of Australia's south coast. State Print, Adelaide. 992 p. (Ref. 33839)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=36648&amp;speccode=10268'>Randall, J.E. and K.K.P. Lim (eds.)0 A checklist of the fishes of the South China Sea. Raffles Bull. Zool. Suppl. (8):569-667. (Ref. 36648)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=36670&amp;speccode=10268'>Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa. (Ref. 36670)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=38732&amp;speccode=10268'>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=39633&amp;speccode=10268'>Wang, J.T.-M. and C.-T. Chen0 A review of lanternfishes (Families: Myctophidae and Neoscopelidae) and their distributions around Taiwan and the Tungsha islands with notes on seventeen new records. Zool. Stud. 40(2):103-126. (Ref. 39633)</reference>
	<reference isbn='7-03-009020-9' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=44036&amp;speccode=10268'>Chen, S.0 Fauna Sinica, Osteichthyes. Myctophiformes, Cetomimiformes, Osteoglossiformes. 349p. Fauna Sinica series. Beijing: Science Press. (Ref. 44036)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=46683&amp;speccode=10268'>Young, J.W., T.D. Lamb and R.W. Bradford0 Distribution and community structure of midwater fishes in relation to the subtropical convergence off eastern Tasmania, Australia. Mar. Biol. 126(4):571-584. (Ref. 46683)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=47843&amp;speccode=10268'>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=48453&amp;speccode=10268'>Kao, P.-H. and K.-T. Shao0 Five new records of lanternfishes, genus &lt;i&gt;Diaphus&lt;/i&gt;, (Pisces: Myctophidae) from Taiwan. Acta Zool. Taiwanica 7(2):1-8. (Ref. 48453)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=58108&amp;speccode=10268'>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=74511&amp;speccode=10268'>Yang, J., Z. Huang, S. Chen and Q. Li0 The Deep-Water Pelagic Fishes in the Area form Nansha Islands To the Northeast part of South China Sea. Science Publication Company, Beijing. 190 pp. (Ref. 74511)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=75154&amp;speccode=10268'>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=95664&amp;speccode=10268'>Iwamoto, T. and J.E. McCosker0 Deep-water fishes of the 2011 Hearst Philippine biodiversity expedition of the California Academy of Sciences. pp. 263-332. In Williams, G.C. and T.M. Gosliner (eds.) 2014. The Coral Triangle: the 2011 Hearst Philippine biodiversity expedition. California: San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences, 593 p. (Ref. 95664)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=116321&amp;speccode=10268'>CMFRI0 Annual report 2011-2012. Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin. 274 p. (Ref. 116321)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=121858&amp;speccode=10268'>Gong, Y.Y., F.P. Zhan, Y.T. Yang, P. Zhang, X.L. Kong, Y. Jiang and Z.Z. Chen0 Feeding habits of &lt;i&gt;Symplectoteuthis oualaniensis&lt;/i&gt; in the South China Sea. South China Fisheries Science 12(4):80-87. (Ref. 121858)</reference>
	<reference isbn='1849954984' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=128868&amp;speccode=10268'>Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. 	Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=137577&amp;speccode=10268'>Price, S.A., S.T. Friedman, K.A. Corn, O. Larouche, K. Brockelsby, A.J. Lee, M. Nagaraj, N.G. Bertrand, M. Danao, M.C. Coyne, J.R. Estrada, R. Friedman, E. Hoeft, M. Iwan, D. Gross, J.H. Kao, B. Landry, M.J. Linares, C. McGlinn and …0 FishShapes v1: Functionally relevant measurements of teleost shape and size on three dimensions. Ecology 103(e3829):1-2. (Ref. 137577)</reference><dataObject>
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