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Poll , M. and Leleup, N., 1965., Un poisson aveugle noveau de la famille des Brotulidae provenant des iles Galapagos., Bull. Cl. Sci. Acad. Roy. Belg. Series 5, 51(4):464-474. Poll , M. and Van Mol, J. J., 1966., Au sujet d'une espece inconnue de Brotulidae littoral des iles Galapagos, apparentee a l'espece aveugle Caecogilbia galapogensis Poll et Leleup., Bull. Cl. Sci. Acad. Roy. Belg. Series 5, 52(11):1444-1461. Ricker, K.E., 1959., Mexican shore and pelagic fishes collected from Acapulco to Cape San Lucas during the 1957 cruise of the "Marijean"., Univ. Brit. Columbia Inst. Fish., Mus. Contrib., 3:18pp. Thomson , D.A. , Findley , L.T. and Kerstitch, A.N., 2000., Reef fishes of the Sea of Cortez., University of Texas Press(Revised Ed.):353. Acknowledgements Ross Robertson, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page. 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