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Sudden crash of a local population of the endangered bagrid catfish Pseudobagrus ichikawai

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Acknowledgments

I thank the local fishermen’s cooperatives, S. Andoh, H. Murase, and the late S. Watanabe and his family for their help during the field study, and H. Ichiyanagi, S. Mori, K. Ohara, T. Tokuhara, N. Nakanishi, Y. Harada, T. Kikko, S. Ota, and A. Sakai for providing information.

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  1. Department of Zoology, Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwakecho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan

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Watanabe, K. Sudden crash of a local population of the endangered bagrid catfish Pseudobagrus ichikawai . Ichthyol Res 56, 319–321 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-008-0091-9

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