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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=27115&amp;speccode=23732'>Baensch, H.A. and H. Debelius0 SF457.1 .B3513 1994 Mergus Verlag GmbH, Postfach 86, 49302, Melle, Germany. 1216 p. 3rd edition. (Ref. 27115)</reference>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=52884&amp;speccode=23732'>Whiteman, E.A. and I.M. Côté0 Monogamy in marine fishes. Biol. Rev. 79:351-375. (Ref. 52884)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=58108&amp;speccode=23732'>Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences0 Chinese aquatic germplasm resources database. http://zzzy.fishinfo.cn (Ref. 58108)</reference>
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