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	<dwc:Order>Myliobatiformes</dwc:Order>
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	<dwc:Genus>Hypanus</dwc:Genus>
	<dwc:ScientificName>Hypanus americanus (Hildebrand &amp; Schroeder, 1928)</dwc:ScientificName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Big-toothed goby</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Largetooth goby</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Wilbur's goby</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fj'>ika vatu</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ja'>Madarahaze</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='sm'>Mano'o</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='tl'>Bia</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>威氏壮牙鰕虎鱼</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>威氏壯牙鰕虎魚</commonName>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Acentrogobius hendersoni (Herre, 1936)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Gnatholepis hendersoni Herre, 1936</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Gnatholepis hololepis Schultz, 1943</synonym>
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	<dc:description>Inhabits coastal bays, lagoons and estuaries on fine sand along reef margins to about 20 meters depth (Ref. 48637). Solitary (Ref. 90102). Specimens collected from shallow waters to 7 m, near coral reefs.  In southern Japan, the species inhabits sandy bay bottoms.</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=48637&amp;speccode=1246'>Kuiter, R.H. and T. Tonozuka 2001 Pictorial guide to Indonesian reef fishes. Part 3. Jawfishes - Sunfishes, Opistognathidae - Molidae. Zoonetics, Australia. p. 623-893. (Ref. 48637)</reference>
	<reference isbn='9780987260000' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=90102&amp;speccode=1246'>Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann 2012 Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth, Australia: Universitiy of Hawai'i Press, Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research. (Ref. 90102)</reference></dataObject>
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