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	<dc:identifier>FB-2724</dc:identifier>
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	<dwc:Kingdom>Animalia</dwc:Kingdom>
	<dwc:Phylum>Chordata</dwc:Phylum>
	<dwc:Class>Teleostei</dwc:Class>
	<dwc:Order>Aulopiformes</dwc:Order>
	<dwc:Family>Synodontidae</dwc:Family>
	<dwc:Genus>Trachinocephalus</dwc:Genus>
	<dwc:ScientificName>Trachinocephalus myops (Forster, 1801)</dwc:ScientificName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pl'>Traszyna</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Lagarto-focinho-rombo</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Peixe-lagarto</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Traíra</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Traíra do alto</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Traíra-branca</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Traíra-das-pedras</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Traíra-de-água-salgada</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Traíra-do-mar</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='af'>Beskilderde-akkedisvis</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='da'>Slangefisk</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='de'>Eidechsenfisch</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Bluntnose lizardfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Forster's lizardfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Ground spearing</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Lizardfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Painted lizardfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Sandspear</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Short-headed lizardfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Snakefish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Striped lizardfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='et'>Lühikoon-karepeakala</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Anoli serpent</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Poisson-lézard</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ru'>плоскоголов</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ru'>ящероглав короткорылый</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Chile chato</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Guaripete</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Lagarto</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Lagarto azul</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Lagarto nato</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Lagarto Ñato</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Lagarto ñato</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Rano</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Dà tóu gǒu mǔ yǔ</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Lagarto</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Rainha</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Togbozadou</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Yuana di awa</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Zeeleguaan</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>大头狗母鱼</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>大头花杆狗母</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>大頭狗母魚</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>狗母</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>花棍</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>花狗母</commonName>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Osmerus lemniscatus Lacepède, 1803</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='misapplied name'>Salmo foetens (non Linnaeus, 1766)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Salmo myops Forster, 1801</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Saurus brevirostris Poey, 1860</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='misapplied name'>Saurus foetens (non Linnaeus, 1758)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Saurus lemniscatus (Lacepède, 1803)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Saurus limbatus Eydoux &amp; Souleyet, 1850</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Saurus myops (Forster, 1801)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Saurus truncatus Spix &amp; Agassiz, 1829</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Synodus brevirostris (Poey, 1860)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Synodus myops (Forster, 1801)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Trachicephalus myops (Forster, 1801)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Trachinocephalus brevirostris (Poey, 1860)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Trachinocephalus limbatus (Eydoux &amp; Souleyet, 1850)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Trachynocephalus myops (Forster, 1801)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Trichinocephalus myops (Forster, 1801)</synonym>
	<dcterms:created>1991-05-01</dcterms:created>
	<dcterms:modified>2024-01-23</dcterms:modified>
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