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	<dwc:Genus>Microgobius</dwc:Genus>
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	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Banded cleaner goby</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Banded cleaning goby</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Gobio</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Gobio barbero</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>丑霓虹鰕虎魚</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>丑霓虹鰕虎鱼</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>迪氏霓虹鰕虎魚</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>迪氏霓虹鰕虎鱼</commonName>
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	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Gobiosoma brocki Ginsburg, 1938</synonym>
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	<reference isbn='0-8248-1675-7.' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=11482&amp;speccode=46896'>Allen, G.R. and D.R. Robertson0 Fishes of the tropical eastern Pacific. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. 332 p. (Ref. 11482)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=12965&amp;speccode=46896'>Eschmeyer, W.N.0 PISCES. Eschmeyer's PISCES database as published on the Internet in June 1997, URL: gopher://gopher.calacademy.org:640/7. (Ref. 12965)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=27736&amp;speccode=46896'>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=46896'>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=33624&amp;speccode=46896'>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=49089&amp;speccode=46896'>Thomson, D.A., L.T. Findley and A.N. Kerstitch0 Reef fishes of the Sea of Cortez. The rocky-shore fishes of the Gulf of California. Revised edition. The University of Arizona Press, USA. 353 p. (Ref. 49089)</reference>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=58108&amp;speccode=46896'>Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences0 Chinese aquatic germplasm resources database. http://zzzy.fishinfo.cn (Ref. 58108)</reference>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=87125&amp;speccode=46896'>Hoese, D.F. and S. Reader0 A preliminary review of the eastern Pacific species of &lt;i&gt;Elacatinus&lt;/i&gt; (Perciformes: Gobiidae). Revista de Biologia Tropical 49(Suppl. 1):157-167. (Ref. 87125)</reference>
	<reference isbn='9781578084364' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=92840&amp;speccode=46896'>Patzner, R.A., J.L. Van Tassell, M. Kovačić and B.G. Kapoor0 The biology of gobies. Enfield, NH : Science Publishers ; Boca Raton, FL : DIstributed by CRC Press, 685 p. (Ref. 92840)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=94891&amp;speccode=46896'>Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.)0 Catalog of fishes. Updated internet version of 05 February 2014. Catalog databases of CAS cited in FishBase (website). (Ref. 94891)</reference>
	<reference isbn='1849954984' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=128868&amp;speccode=46896'>Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. 	Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=130435&amp;speccode=46896'>IUCN0 The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1964 - onwards. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ (Ref. 130435)</reference>
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