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Preliminary Data Indicate a Wider Distribution of the Little-Known Karakul Stone Loach Triplophysa lacusnigri (Nemacheilidae) in the Inland Waters of Tajikistan

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Stone loaches collected in a stream associated with the Lake Bulunkul, Murgab district of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of Tajikistan, Pamir, are identified as Triplophysa lacusnigri, a species described and recorded only from the Karakul Lake system. These data indicate a wider distribution of the species in the Pamir. However, to determine the biodiversity of Pamir fish, molecular genetic studies of Triplophysa species are needed.

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Scientific investigations of the authors are supported by the State Project of ZMMU no.: 121032300105-0.

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Vasil’eva, E.D., Nazarov, R.A. Preliminary Data Indicate a Wider Distribution of the Little-Known Karakul Stone Loach Triplophysa lacusnigri (Nemacheilidae) in the Inland Waters of Tajikistan. J. Ichthyol. 63, 869–877 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945223050132

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