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	<dwc:Genus>Bathygobius</dwc:Genus>
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	<synonym relationship='ambiguous synonym'>Uropterygius cf. concolor 4 Not applicable</synonym>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=11647&amp;speccode=70825'>McCosker, J.E., K. Hatooka, K. Sasaki and J.T. Moyer0 Japanese moray eels of the genus &lt;i&gt;Uropterygius&lt;/i&gt;. Jap. J. Ichthyol. 31(3):261-267. (Ref. 11647)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=118699&amp;speccode=70825'>Motomura, H., K. Hagiwara, H. Senou and M. Nakae0 Identification guide to fishes of the Amami Islands, Japan. Kagoshima University Museum, Kagoshima, Yokosuka City Museum, Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History, Odawara, and National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba. 414 pp., 3290 figs. (Ref. 118699)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=131362&amp;speccode=70825'>Huang, W.-C., Balisco, R.A., F.C. Evacitas and T.-Y. Liao0 Description of a new moray eel (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from the Philippines, with a preliminary assessment of genetic and morphological variations of the &lt;i&gt;Uropterygius concolor&lt;/i&gt; species complex. J. Fish Biol. 103(3):593-602. (Ref. 131362)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=132453&amp;speccode=70825'>Huang, W.-C., R.A. Balisco, F.C. Evacitas and T.-Y. Liao0 Description of a new uniformly brown estuarine moray eel (Anguilliformes, Muraenidae) from the Central Indo-Pacific Ocean. ZooKeys 1220:15-34. (Ref. 132453)</reference>
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	<dc:description>This small, slender moray eel, possible maximum TL &lt; 35.0 cm, female mature at 17.1 mm TL is distinguished by the following characters: anus at mid-length of body; eyes small and anteriorly placed; snout pointed; upper jaw slightly longer than lower jaw; teeth sharply pointed with smooth edges and recurved tips; intermaxillary teeth in 5 rows; maxillary and dentary teeth biserial, the inner rows extending to about posterior end of jaws; vomerine teeth in single row;  branchial pore absent; total vertebrae 117-122. Colouration: body uniformly dark brown; head pores, oral cavity, and inner skin of posterior nostril and gill opening whitish; iris reddish-brown (Ref. 132453).</dc:description>
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	<dc:description>Indo-Pacific Ocean: Japan (Ryukyu Arch.), Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia (southern Java) to Fiji.</dc:description>
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	<dc:description>Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57073'>IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>benthopelagic; freshwater; brackish; marine; depth range 2 - 10 m (Ref. 132453)</dc:description>
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