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• Parin, N.V. 1992. Argyriprtus electronus, a new sternoptychid fish from the Sala y Gomez Submarine Ridge. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 39: 135-137
• Parin, N.V. & Kobyliansky, S.G. 1993. Review of the genus Maurolicus (Sternoptychidae, Stomiiformes), with re-establishing validity of five species considered junior synonyms of M. muelleri and descriptions of nine new species. Transactions. P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology 128: 69-107
• Parin, N.V. & Kobyliansky, S.G. 1996. Diagnoses and distribution of fifteen species recognized in genus Maurolicus Cocco (Sternoptychidae, Stomiiformes) with a key to their identification. Cybium 20(2): 185-195
• Paxton, J.R. 1994. Families Gonostomatidae, Photichthyidae, Sternoptychidae. pp. 246-251 figs 221-224 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs.
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