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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=40911&amp;speccode=59400'>McCosker, J.E.0 The osteology, classification and relationships of the eel family Ophichthidae. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 41(1):123 p. (Ref. 40911)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=40966&amp;speccode=59400'>Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.)0 Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of December 2001. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in December 2001. (Ref. 40966)</reference>
	<reference isbn='9780987260000' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=90102&amp;speccode=59400'>Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann0 Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth, Australia: Universitiy of Hawai'i Press, Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research. (Ref. 90102)</reference>
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