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	<dwc:Class>Teleostei</dwc:Class>
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	<dwc:Genus>Sciaenochromis</dwc:Genus>
	<dwc:ScientificName>Sciaenochromis psammophilus Konings, 1993</dwc:ScientificName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Pointynose blue ghost shark</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Pointy-nosed blue chimaera</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='et'>Trolli merijänes</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Chimère bleue à museau pointu</commonName>
	<synonym relationship='ambiguous synonym'>Hydrolagus sp. C Not applicable</synonym>
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	<reference isbn='0-477-01427-5(pbk.).' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=5755&amp;speccode=60055'>Paulin, C., A. Stewart, C. Roberts and P. McMillan0 New Zealand fish: a complete guide. National Museum of New Zealand Miscellaneous Series No. 19. 279 p. (Ref. 5755)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=45071&amp;speccode=60055'>Didier, D.A. and B. Séret0 Chimaeroid fishes of New Caledonia with description of a new species of &lt;i&gt;Hydrolagus&lt;/i&gt; (Chondrichthyes, Holocephali). Cybium 26(3):225-233. (Ref. 45071)</reference>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=87166&amp;speccode=60055'>Doonan, I.J., M. Dunn and A.C. Hart0 Abundance estimates of orange roughy on the Northeastern and Eastern Chatham Rise, July 2007: wide-area trawl survey and hill acoustic survery (TAN0709). New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Report 2009/20. 41 p. (Ref. 87166)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=89422&amp;speccode=60055'>McMillan, P.J., M.P. Francis, G.D. James, L.J. Paul, P.J Marriott, E. Mackay, B.A. Wood, L.H. Griggs, H. Sui and F. Wei0 New Zealand fishes. Volume 1: A field guide to common species caught by bottom and midwater fishing. New Zealand Aquatic Environment and Biodiversity Report No. 68. 329 p. (Ref. 89422)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=105471&amp;speccode=60055'>eElurikkus0 eElurikkus koondab ühte portaali Eesti eluslooduse andmed. http://elurikkus.ut.ee/ (Ref. 105471)</reference>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=122636&amp;speccode=60055'>Finucci, B.0 Ecology of New Zealand deep-sea Chondrichthyans. Victoria University of Wellington: Doctor of Philosophy in Marine Biology, 297 p. (Ref. 122636)</reference>
	<reference isbn='1849954984' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=128868&amp;speccode=60055'>Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. 	Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868)</reference>
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