\begin{table}%t8
\caption{Abundances and NIR luminosities for the fiducial sample of galaxies.
Distances are expressed in Mpc, and Cols.~6 and~7 indicate the method
used to compute the distance, and its reference. Our abundances have
been corrected by $-0.1$~dex. For comparison we add also
I~Zw~18 ($H=16.03$~$\pm$ $0.15$; Thuan \cite{thuan83}) and SBS~0335-052
($H=16.09$~$\pm$ $0.03$, $15\arcsec$ aperture; Vanzi et~al. \cite{vanzi_etal00}).}
\label{tab:Fiducial Abundances-and-near-IR}
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\small
\begin{tabular}{lcrcrccc}
\hline
\hline 
\multicolumn{1}{c}{Galaxy} & Group  & \multicolumn{1}{c}{$12+\log{\rm (O/H)}$} & Ref.  & \multicolumn{1}{c}{Distance} & Met.  & Ref.  & $M_{H}$\\
\hline 
ESO 347-G017  & Scl  & $7.90\pm0.05$  & S08\#1  & $6.99\pm1.40$  & J98  & S03a  & $-17.40\pm0.66$ \\
NGC 59  & Scl  & $8.29\pm0.08$  & S08\#1  & $4.39\pm0.87$  & J98  & S03a  & $-17.97\pm0.57$ \\
ESO 473-G024  & Scl  & $7.49\pm0.06$  & S08  & $5.94\pm1.19$  & J98  & S03a  & $-14.85\pm0.92$ \\
NGC 625  & Scl  & $8.27\pm0.06$  & S08\#2  & $3.89\pm0.22$  & RGBT  & C03  & $-18.95\pm0.28$ \\
ESO 245-G005  & Scl  & $8.07\pm0.21$  & S08c  & $4.43\pm0.45$  & RGBT  & K03  & $-17.24\pm0.54$ \\
UGC 4483  & M~81  & $7.51\pm0.08$  & S08  & $3.40\pm0.20$  & RGBT  & IT02  & $-13.99\pm0.57$ \\
UGCA 442  & M~81  & $7.72\pm0.03$  & S03b  & $4.27\pm0.52$  & RGBT  & K03  & $-16.45\pm0.56$ \\
DDO 42  & M~81  & $7.90\pm0.01$  & I97  & $3.20\pm0.41$  & RGBT  & K02  & $-17.40\pm1.03$ \\
{I ZW 18 -- SE}  & \ldots{}  & {$7.26\pm0.05$ } & {SK03}  & $18.2\pm1.5$  & {RGBT}  & {A08}  & $-15.27\pm0.23$\\
{I ZW 18 -- NW } & \ldots{}  & {$7.17\pm0.04$ } & {SK03}  & $19.3\pm2.3$  & {Ceph}.  & {A08}  & $-15.40\pm0.28$\\
{SBS 0335-052 } & \ldots{}  & {$7.29\pm0.02$ } & {I06}  & $54.8\pm3.8$  & {Hub.fl. } & {NED}  & $-17.60\pm0.15$\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}