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	<commonName xml:lang='da'>Sortfinnet sæbefisk</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Blackfin soapfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Twice-spotted soapfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Jabón</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Jabonero doble punteado</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Jabonero negrillo</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Jabonero negro</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Negrillo</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>黑翅皂鱸</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>黑翅皂鲈</commonName>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Promicropterus decoratus Gill, 1863</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='ambiguous synonym'>Rhypticus maculatus Gill, 1862</synonym>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=5227&amp;speccode=8331'>Humann, P. and N. DeLoach0 Reef fish identification. Galápagos. New World Publications, Inc., Florida. 267 p. (Ref. 5227)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=5530&amp;speccode=8331'>Chirichigno F., N.0 Clave para identificar los peces marinos del Peru. Inf. Inst. Mar. Perú (44):1-387. (Ref. 5530)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=5592&amp;speccode=8331'>Thomson, D.A.0 Reef fishes of the Sea of Cortez. The rocky-shore fishes of the Gulf of California. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson. 302 p. (Ref. 5592)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=13613&amp;speccode=8331'>Sánchez, A.C.0 Listado taxonomico de las especies marinas identificadas en los océanos Pacífico y Atlántico (Caribe) de Nicaragua. Ministerio de Economía y Desarrollo. MEDE PESCA. Managua. 28 p. (Ref. 13613)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=26282&amp;speccode=8331'>Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.)0 Catalog of fishes. Special Publication, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. 3 vols. 2905 p. (Ref. 26282)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=27736&amp;speccode=8331'>Escobar-Fernández, R. and M. Siri0 Nombres vernáculos y científicos de los peces del Pacífico mexicano. Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Sociedad Ictiológica Mexicana, A.C. Mexico. (Ref. 27736)</reference>
	<reference isbn='957-8596-59-6' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=31517&amp;speccode=8331'>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=31982&amp;speccode=8331'>Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the Natural History Museum, London (formerly British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)). Natural History Museum, London (formerly British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)). (Ref. 31982)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=33624&amp;speccode=8331'>Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the Centro Interdisiplinario de Ciencias Marinas. Centro Interdisiplinario de Ciencias Marinas (CICIMAR), La Paz, Mexico. (Ref. 33624)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=34634&amp;speccode=8331'>Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (GCRL). The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (GCRL), Ocean Springs, Mississippi, USA. (Ref. 34634)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=35963&amp;speccode=8331'>Guimarães, R.Z.P.0 Revision, phylogeny and comments on biogeography of soapfishes of the genus &lt;i&gt;Rypticus&lt;/i&gt; (Teleostei: Serranidae). Bull. Mar. Sci. 65(2):337-279. (Ref. 35963)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=38732&amp;speccode=8331'>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=40498&amp;speccode=8331'>Béarez, P.0 Lista de los peces marinos del Ecuador continental. Rev. Biol. Trop. 44(2):731-741. (Ref. 40498)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=40934&amp;speccode=8331'>McCarthy, L.V.0 Eastern Pacific &lt;i&gt;Rypticus&lt;/i&gt; (Pisces: Grammistidae). Copeia 1979(3):393-400. (Ref. 40934)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=41414&amp;speccode=8331'>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='958-9356-05-2' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=44342&amp;speccode=8331'>Beltrán-León, B.S. and R.R. Herrera0 Estadios tempranos de peces del Pacifico Colombiano. Tomo 2. Republica de Colombia, Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural, Instituto Nacional de Pesca Y Acuicultura (INPA). Buenaventura-Colombia, Tomo 2. (Ref. 44342)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=47438&amp;speccode=8331'>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=51471&amp;speccode=8331'>Carl, H.0 Danish fish names. Zoological Museum of Copenhagen. Unpublished. (Ref. 51471)</reference>
	<reference isbn='1-888569-61-1' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=52299&amp;speccode=8331'>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=8331'>Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences0 Chinese aquatic germplasm resources database. http://zzzy.fishinfo.cn (Ref. 58108)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=91172&amp;speccode=8331'>Nieto-Navarro, J.T., M. Zetina-Rejón and F. Arreguín-Sánchez0 Length-weight relationship of demersal fish from the eastern coast of the mouth of the gulf of California. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 5(6):494-502. (Ref. 91172)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=94512&amp;speccode=8331'>McCosker, J.E. and R.H. Rosenblatt0 The fishes of the Galápagos archipelago: An update. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 61[4(Suppl.2)]:167-195. (Ref. 94512)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=127348&amp;speccode=8331'>Grove, J.S., D.J. Long, D.R. Robertson and B.C. Victor0 List of fishes of the Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 39:14-22. (Ref. 127348)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=137577&amp;speccode=8331'>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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	<dc:description>Little is known about this shy and secretive species.  It lies motionless, often on its side, hidden in dark recesses on rocky reefs and along walls during the day.  Actively hunts at night, preying on small fish (Ref. 5227).</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=5592&amp;speccode=8331'>Thomson, D.A. 1987 Reef fishes of the Sea of Cortez. The rocky-shore fishes of the Gulf of California. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson. 302 p. (Ref. 5592)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>Sides of body heavily marked with well-defined cream spots on dark background, extending onto head, cheeks and median fins; larger spots frequently ocellated; belly with articulated pattern, cream stripe on nape; dark band running laterally from lips to eye and continuing posteriorly to blend into background anterior to dorsal fin.  Body and head, excluding lips and maxillary, with embedded scales.  Dorsal spines 2 (rarely 3).  Lower jaw not much projecting, lacking fleshy protuberance.  Juvenile and adult with 4 large, distinct oval pores along preopercular margin and 4 pairs on ventral surface of lower jaw, except in &gt; 6.5 cm SL specimens, most posterior pair may be divided into a few smaller pores (Ref. 40934).</dc:description>
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