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New findings of lower Amur grayling (Lower Amur grayling) Thymallus tugarinae and Baikal-Lena grayling Th. sp. (Th. baicalolenensis) in the basins of the upper Amur River and Zeya River are reported for 2010−2014. Lower Amur grayling has been registered in the tributaries of Argun River and in the middle stream of Ingoda River. Baikal-Lena grayling has been found for the first time in the headstream of Ingoda River. New data about the distribution of this species in the basin of upper stream of Zeya River are reported; particularly, Baikal-Lena grayling has been found in Okonon Lake; this is the first finding of a representative of Thymallidae family in the alpine lakes of the watershed area of Amur River. In the basins of upper Amur River and Zeya River, the summer ranges of upper Amur grayling Th. grubii grubii and lower Amur grayling overlap to some extent; on the other hand, the ranges of Baikal-Lena grayling and lower Amur grayling are disjoint. During the summer period, upper Amur grayling and Baikal-Lena grayling together inhabit the basin of upper stream of Zeya River, but only Baikal-Lena grayling has been found in the headstream of Zeya River. In the basin of upper Amur River (the headstream of Ingoda River), the joint range of these species is still unknown; the sympatric zone is located in Dzhermoltai River (the basin of Onon River).
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Original Russian Text © A.L. Antonov, I.E. Mikheev, 2016, published in Voprosy Ikhtiologii, 2016, Vol. 56, No. 2, pp. 147–154.
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Antonov, A.L., Mikheev, I.E. New data about distribution of lower Amur grayling Thymallus tugarinae and Baikal-Lena grayling Thymallus sp. (Thymallidae) in the basins of the upper Amur River and Zeya River. J. Ichthyol. 56, 208–216 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945216020016
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