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Red-spotted masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou ishikawae) with unique jaw morphology collected from central Japan

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Acknowledgments

We thank H. Sohkawa, T. Maeda, H. Mizukami and Y. Tamiya for kind support in the field, S. Kimura and T. Nakamura for detailed information about masu salmon and K. Watanabe for valuable comments on the MS. The research of SM is supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (no. 15405008) and by the River Fund of Foundation of River and Watershed Environment Management (no. 11-1-3-25).

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  1. Biological Laboratory, Gifu-Keizai University, 5-50 Kitagata, Ogaki, Gifu, 503-8550, Japan

    Seiichi Mori

  2. Hayama Center for Advanced Studies, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Shonan Village, Hayama, Kanagawa, 240-0193, Japan

    Fumihito Akishinonomiya

  3. Tanabe, Wakayama, 645-0415, Japan

    Kiyoshi Sohkawa

  4. School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, 200433, Shanghai, China

    Masami Hasegawa

  5. Nishikubo, Musashino, Tokyo, 180-0013, Japan

    Shuji Matsumoto

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Mori, S., Akishinonomiya, F., Sohkawa, K. et al. Red-spotted masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou ishikawae) with unique jaw morphology collected from central Japan. Ichthyol Res 56, 208–209 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-008-0067-9

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