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	<dwc:Genus>Hypselobarbus</dwc:Genus>
	<dwc:ScientificName>Hypselobarbus dobsoni (Day, 1876)</dwc:ScientificName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Bigfin snake eel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='et'>Suuruim-teravsabaangerjas</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>大鰭蛇鰻</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>大鳍蛇鳗</commonName>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Centrurophis macrochir (Bleeker, 1853)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Ophisurus macrochir Bleeker, 1853</synonym>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=280&amp;speccode=59840'>Herre, A.W.C.T.0 Check list of Philippine fishes. Res. Rep. U.S. Fish Wild. Serv. (20):1-977. (Ref. 280)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=6128&amp;speccode=59840'>Weber, M. and L.F. de Beaufort0 The fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. III. Ostariophysi: II Cyprinoidea, Apodes, Synbranchi. Leiden (The Netherlands): E.J. Brill, 3:xv, 455 p. (Ref. 6128)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=7050&amp;speccode=59840'>Kottelat, M., A.J. Whitten, S.N. Kartikasari and S. Wirjoatmodjo0 Freshwater fishes of Western Indonesia and Sulawesi. Periplus Editions, Hong Kong. 221 p. (Ref. 7050)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=12711&amp;speccode=59840'>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 Unpublished database, version of April 1997.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=13274&amp;speccode=59840'>Kottelat, M., A.J. Whitten, S.N. Kartikasari and S. Wirjoatmodjo0 Freshwater fishes of Western Indonesia and Sulawesi = Ikan air tawar Indonesia Bagian Barat dan Sulawesi. Periplus Editions, Hong Kong. 293 p. (Ref. 13274)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=26282&amp;speccode=59840'>Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.)0 Catalog of fishes. Special Publication, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. 3 vols. 2905 p. (Ref. 26282)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=27116&amp;speccode=59840'>McAllister, D.E.0 A working list of fishes of the world. Copies available from D.E. McAllister, Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O. Box 3443, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6P4, Canada. 2661 p. plus 1270 p. Index. (Ref. 27116)</reference>
	<reference isbn='957-8596-59-6' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=31517&amp;speccode=59840'>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=59840'>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=36648&amp;speccode=59840'>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=47843&amp;speccode=59840'>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='957-01-6879-X' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=55073&amp;speccode=59840'>Chen, C.-H.0 Checklist of the fishes of Penghu. FRI Special Publication No. 4. 175 p. (Ref. 55073)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=58108&amp;speccode=59840'>Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences0 Chinese aquatic germplasm resources database. http://zzzy.fishinfo.cn (Ref. 58108)</reference>
	<reference isbn='9780987260000' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=90102&amp;speccode=59840'>Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann0 Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth, Australia: Universitiy of Hawai'i Press, Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research. (Ref. 90102)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=94476&amp;speccode=59840'>Kottelat, M.0 The fishes of the inland waters of Southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibliography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 2013 (Suppl. 27):1-663. (Ref. 94476)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=95665&amp;speccode=59840'>McCosker, J.E.0 A gigantic deepwater worm eel (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the Verde Island Passage, Philippine Archipelago. pp. 333-340. 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. 95665)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=105471&amp;speccode=59840'>eElurikkus0 eElurikkus koondab ühte portaali Eesti eluslooduse andmed. http://elurikkus.ut.ee/ (Ref. 105471)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=126983&amp;speccode=59840'>IUCN0 The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-2. &lt;https://www.iucnredlist.org/&gt;. Downloaded 10 Jan 2023. (Ref. 126983)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=133101&amp;speccode=59840'>Vo, Q.V., Y. Hibino, H.-C. Ho, T.T.T. Le and Y.G. Seah0 Two new snake eels (Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae, Ophichthus) from Viet Nam, with redescriptions of &lt;i&gt;O. macrochir&lt;/i&gt; (Bleeker) and &lt;i&gt;O. rutidoderma&lt;/i&gt; (Bleeker). ZooKeys 1231:311-329. (Ref. 133101)</reference><dataObject>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=13274&amp;speccode=59840'>Kottelat, M., A.J. Whitten, S.N. Kartikasari and S. Wirjoatmodjo 1993 Freshwater fishes of Western Indonesia and Sulawesi = Ikan air tawar Indonesia Bagian Barat dan Sulawesi. Periplus Editions, Hong Kong. 293 p. (Ref. 13274)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>This species is distinguished by the following : body strongly wrinkled; head length 5.0-6.7% TL; tail length 62.5-69.3% TL; with 2 protrusions along the upper lip; dorsal-fin origin approximately same vertical through pectoral-fin tip; supraorbital pores 1 + 4, preoperculomandibular pores 4-5 (usually 5) + 2; teeth on maxilla mostly uniserial, on the mandible biserial; teeth on vomer bi- or triserial; total vertebrae 214-221; mean vertebral formula, 11-70-217.  Colouration: body uniformly black to dark brown; dorsal and anal fins are dark gray to black (Ref. 133101).</dc:description>
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