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	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Bastard cusk</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Congo eel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Ghostfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Wrymouth</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='et'>Tähniline kõversuu</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Terrassier tacheté</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>隐棘鳚</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>隱棘鳚</commonName>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Cryptacanthodes inornatus Gill, 1863</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Fierasfer borealis DeKay, 1842</synonym>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=276&amp;speccode=3815'>Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott0 A list of common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (12)1-174. (Ref. 276)</reference>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=5951&amp;speccode=3815'>Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott0 Atlantic fishes of Canada. Can. Bull. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 219:731 p. (Ref. 5951)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=7135&amp;speccode=3815'>Bigelow, H.B. and W.C. Schroeder0 Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. Fish. Bull. 53:1-577. (Ref. 7135)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=7251&amp;speccode=3815'>Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray0 A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=11954&amp;speccode=3815'>Anderson, M.E.0 Systematics and osteology of the Zoarcidae (Teleostei: Perciformes). Ichthyol. Bull. J.L.B. Smith Inst. Ichthyol. 60:120 p. (Ref. 11954)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=12204&amp;speccode=3815'>Coad, B.W.0 Encyclopedia of Canadian fishes. Canadian Museum of Nature and Canadian Sportfishing Productions Inc. Singapore. (Ref. 12204)</reference>
	<reference isbn='957-8596-59-6' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=31517&amp;speccode=3815'>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=37512&amp;speccode=3815'>Bowman, R.E., C.E. Stillwell, W.L. Michaels and M.D. Grosslein0 Food of northwest Atlantic fishes and two common species of squid. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-NE 155, 138 p. (Ref. 37512)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=38102&amp;speccode=3815'>Moring, J.R.0 Seasonal absence of fishes in tidepools of a boreal environment (Maine, USA). Hydrobiologia 194(2):163-168. (Ref. 38102)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=38732&amp;speccode=3815'>Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution). Smithsonian Institution-Division of Fishes. (Ref. 38732)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=39299&amp;speccode=3815'>Lazzari, M.A.0 Dynamics of larval fish abundance in Penobscot Bay, Maine. Fish. Bull. 99(1):81-93. (Ref. 39299)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=40643&amp;speccode=3815'>Haedrich, R.L. and N.R. Merrett0 Summary atlas of deep-living demersal fishes in the North Atlantic Basin. J. Nat. Hist. 22:1325-1362. (Ref. 40643)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=40919&amp;speccode=3815'>Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen. Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen. (Ref. 40919)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=41414&amp;speccode=3815'>Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the American Museum of Natural History. American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West , NY 10024-5192, USA. (Ref. 41414)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=47438&amp;speccode=3815'>Anonymous0 Fish collection of the Royal Ontario Museum. Royal Ontario Museum. (Ref. 47438)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=48957&amp;speccode=3815'>Mecklenburg, C.W.0 Family Cryptacanthodidae Gill 1861 - wrymouths. Calif. Acad. Sci. Annotated Checklists of Fishes (8):4. (Ref. 48957)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=49746&amp;speccode=3815'>Wigley, S.E., H.M. McBride and N.J. McHugh0 Length-weight relationships for 74 fish species collected during NEFSC research vessel bottom trawl surveys, 1992-99. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-NE-171. 26 p. (Ref. 49746)</reference>
	<reference isbn='1-888569-61-1' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=52299&amp;speccode=3815'>Nelson, J.S., E.J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L.T. Findley, C.R. Gilbert, R.N. Lea and J.D. Williams0 Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 29, Bethesda, Maryland. ix, 386 p. + 1 CD. (Ref. 52299)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=58108&amp;speccode=3815'>Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences0 Chinese aquatic germplasm resources database. http://zzzy.fishinfo.cn (Ref. 58108)</reference>
	<reference isbn='1930665601' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=86779&amp;speccode=3815'>Collette, B.B. and G. Klein-MacPhee (eds.)0 Bigelow and Schroeder’s fishes of the Gulf of Maine, third ed. Caldwell, N.J. : Blackburn Press, 577 p.: ill.; 27 cm. (Ref. 86779)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=87300&amp;speccode=3815'>Meredith, S.0 Temporal trends in the age distribution and feeding habits of wrymouth fish (&lt;i&gt;Cryptacanthodes maculatus&lt;/i&gt;) in eastern Maine. Undergraduate Thesis. University of Maine at Machias. 23 p., plus figures. (Ref. 87300)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=87495&amp;speccode=3815'>Antonenko, D.V., S.F. Solomatov and V.V. Panchenko0 On occurrence and biology of Berg Wrymouth &lt;i&gt;Cryptacanthodes bergi&lt;/i&gt; (Cryptacanthodidae) in the North-Western part of the sea of Japan. J. Ichthyol. 51(2):173-177. (Ref. 87495)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=101194&amp;speccode=3815'>Patzner, R.A.0 Reproductive strategies of fish. pp. 311-350.  In  Rocha, M.J., A. Arukwe and B.G. Kapoor (eds). Fish reproduction: cytology, biology and ecology. Science Publisher, Inc. Oxford. 631 p. (Ref. 101194)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=105472&amp;speccode=3815'>Pihu, E.0 Loomade elu 4. köide. Kalad. Pihu, E. 1979. Loomade Elu, 4. Köide, Kalad. Valgus, Tallinn. (Ref. 105472)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=137577&amp;speccode=3815'>Price, S.A., S.T. Friedman, K.A. Corn, O. Larouche, K. Brockelsby, A.J. Lee, M. Nagaraj, N.G. Bertrand, M. Danao, M.C. Coyne, J.R. Estrada, R. Friedman, E. Hoeft, M. Iwan, D. Gross, J.H. Kao, B. Landry, M.J. Linares, C. McGlinn and …0 FishShapes v1: Functionally relevant measurements of teleost shape and size on three dimensions. Ecology 103(e3829):1-2. (Ref. 137577)</reference><dataObject>
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