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	<dwc:Genus>Barilius</dwc:Genus>
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	<commonName xml:lang='fa'>Mar Mahi</commonName>
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	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Euphrates spiny eel</commonName>
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	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Rhynchobdella haleppensis Bloch &amp; Schneider, 1801</synonym>
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