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	<dc:identifier>FB-249</dc:identifier>
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	<dwc:Kingdom>Animalia</dwc:Kingdom>
	<dwc:Phylum>Chordata</dwc:Phylum>
	<dwc:Class>Teleostei</dwc:Class>
	<dwc:Order>Scombriformes</dwc:Order>
	<dwc:Family>Centrolophidae</dwc:Family>
	<dwc:Genus>Centrolophus</dwc:Genus>
	<dwc:ScientificName>Centrolophus niger (Gmelin, 1789)</dwc:ScientificName>
	<commonName xml:lang='no'>Svartfisk</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pl'>Pompil</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Liro</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Liro-preto</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Pescada-preta</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='af'>Swartroef</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='sq'>Murroku</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ar'>سمك دفَّة المرطب أسود</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='cy'>Pysgodyn du</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='da'>Almindelig sortfisk</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='de'>Schwarzfisch</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Black ruff</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Blackfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Rudderfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='et'>Must tsentroloof</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fo'>Svartfiskur</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Centrolophe noir</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='hr'>Pastir šiljoglavac</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='is'>Svarthveðnir</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='it'>Aricciola i funnu</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='it'>Aricciola 'mperiali</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='it'>Aricciolastra</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='it'>Centrolofo nero</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='it'>Fanfano</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='it'>Lamufu</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='it'>Maròn</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='it'>Moròn</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='it'>Paolo incoronato</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='it'>Pesce Paolo</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='it'>Pompiru</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='it'>Ricciola di faru</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='it'>Ricciola di fondale</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='it'>Ricciola 'e funnale</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='it'>Ricciola imperiali</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='mt'>Fanfru barrani</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='mt'>Lampuka tat-torok</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ru'>окунь черный</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ru'>центролоф черный</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ru'>Центролоф черный (=черныш)</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='sv'>Svartfisk</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='tr'>Karabalık</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Romerillo</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Črnuh</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Èrnuh</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Mavropsaro</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Pàmpol</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Trotllo</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Zwarte vis</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Μαυρόψαρο</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>黑長鯧</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>黑长鲳</commonName>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Acentrolophus maculosus Nardo, 1827</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Centrolophodes irvini Gilchrist &amp; von Bonde, 1923</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Centrolophodes irwini Gilchrist &amp; von Bonde, 1923</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Centrolophus liparis Risso, 1827</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Centrolophus maoricus Ogilby, 1893</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Centrolophus morio Cuvier, 1833</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='ambiguous synonym'>Centrolophus pompilus (Linnaeus, 1758)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Centrolophus valenciennesi Moreau, 1881</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='ambiguous synonym'>Coryphaena pompilus Linnaeus, 1758</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Gymnocephalus messanensis Cocco, 1829</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Gymnocephalus messinensis Cocco, 1829</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Mupus bifasciatus Smith, 1961</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Perca nigra Gmelin, 1789</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Schedophilus elongatus Johnson, 1862</synonym>
	<dcterms:created>1990-10-17</dcterms:created>
	<dcterms:modified>2010-04-05</dcterms:modified>
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