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	<dwc:Genus>Acipenser</dwc:Genus>
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	<commonName xml:lang='pl'>Jesiotr chinski</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='cs'>Jeseter čínský</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Chinese sturgeon</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='et'>Hiina tuur</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fi'>Kiinansampi</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ja'>Kara-chôzame</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ko'>철갑상어</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ru'>осетр китайский</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='uk'>Осетер китайський</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Huang yu</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>中华鲟</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>中華鱘</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>大腊子</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>菊池鱘</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>菊池鲟</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>鳇鱼</commonName>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Acipenser kikuchii Jordan &amp; Snyder, 1901</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Sinosturio sinensis (Gray, 1835)</synonym>
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