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	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Sailfish catfish</commonName>
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	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Plecóstoma del Orinoco</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>多輻翼甲鯰</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>多輻脂身鯰</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>多辐翼甲鲶</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>多辐脂身鲶</commonName>
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	<synonym relationship='misapplied name'>Pterygoplichthys pardalis (non Castelnau, 1855)</synonym>
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