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	<dc:identifier>FB-7385</dc:identifier>
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	<dwc:Kingdom>Animalia</dwc:Kingdom>
	<dwc:Phylum>Chordata</dwc:Phylum>
	<dwc:Class>Teleostei</dwc:Class>
	<dwc:Order>Stomiiformes</dwc:Order>
	<dwc:Family>Phosichthyidae</dwc:Family>
	<dwc:Genus>Vinciguerria</dwc:Genus>
	<dwc:ScientificName>Vinciguerria nimbaria (Jordan &amp; Williams, 1895)</dwc:ScientificName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Frilled lighthouse fish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Lightfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Narooma lantern-fish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Narooma lightfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Oceanic Lightfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Oceanic lightfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>World-wide bristle-mouth fish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ja'>Yabe-uki-eso</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Luciérnaga orbitaria</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>串光魚</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>串光鱼</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>串灯鱼</commonName>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Gonostoma raoulensis Waite, 1910</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='misapplied name'>Vinciguerria lucetia (non Garman, 1899)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Vinciguerria nimbara (Jordan &amp; Williams, 1895)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Vinciguerria nimbria (Jordan &amp; Williams, 1895)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Vinciguerria sanzoi Jespersen &amp; Tåning, 1919</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Zalarges nimbarius Jordan &amp; Williams, 1895</synonym>
	<dcterms:created>1993-02-16</dcterms:created>
	<dcterms:modified>2024-08-16</dcterms:modified>
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