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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 531 | Winterbottom, R., 1985. Revision and vicariance biogeography of the subfamily Congrogadidae (Pisces: Perciformes: Pseudochromidae). Indo-Pac. Fish. (9):34 p. | 1985 | Halidesmus polytretus | 17;fig.4,12 |
| 1830 | Eschmeyer, W.N., 1990. Catalog of the genera of recent fishes. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, USA. 697 p. | 1990 | Halidesmus polytretus | --> |
| 49841 | Gill, A.C. and U. Zajonz, 2003. Halidesmus socotraensis new species and Haliophis guttatus (Forsskål), new records of congrogadinae fishes from the Socotra Archipelago (Perciformes: Pseudochromidae). Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 116(1):52-60. | 2003 | Halidesmus polytretus | 59;tab.3 |
| 53585 | Mooi, R.D and A.C. Gill, 2004. Notograptidae, sister to Acanthoplesiops Regan (Teleostei: Plesiopidae: Acanthoclininae) with comments on biogeography, diet and morphological convergence with Congrogadinae (Teleostei: Pseudochromidae). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 141(2):179-205. | 2004 | Halidesmus polytretus | 199 |