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	<dwc:Kingdom>Animalia</dwc:Kingdom>
	<dwc:Phylum>Chordata</dwc:Phylum>
	<dwc:Class>Teleostei</dwc:Class>
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	<dwc:Family>Sternoptychidae</dwc:Family>
	<dwc:Genus>Argyropelecus</dwc:Genus>
	<dwc:ScientificName>Argyropelecus sladeni Regan, 1908</dwc:ScientificName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Hatchet fish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Hawaiian hatchet fish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Lowcrest hatchetfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Lowerest hatchetfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Silvery hatchetfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Sladen's hatchet fish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Sladen's hatchtefish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ja'>Te-ono-eso</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='sv'>Pärlemorfisk</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Pez hacha</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>高銀斧魚</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>高银斧鱼</commonName>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Argyripnus sladeni (Regan, 1908)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Argyropelecus hawaiensis Schultz, 1961</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='misapplied name'>Argyropelecus lychnus (non Garman, 1899)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='misapplied name'>Argyropelecus lychnus lychnus (non Garman, 1899)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Argyropelecus lynchus hawaiensis Schultz, 1961</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='misapplied name'>Argyropelecus olfersi (non Cuvier, 1829)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='misapplied name'>Argyropelecus olfersii (non Cuvier, 1829)</synonym>
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