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References
- 1 2 Synonyms of Cephalocassis borneensis at fishbase.org.
- 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Cephalocassis borneensis" in FishBase . January 2019 version.
- ↑ Food items reported for Cephalocassis borneensis at www.fishbase.org.
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