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The first official finding of the Amur sculpin Mesocottus haitej and Cottus szanaga is reported for the basin of Tugur River (Shantarsky zoogeographical region). Previously, these species were known for this region from the literature only.
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Original Russian Text © P.A. Saveliev, S.F. Zolotukhin, A.N. Kanzeparova, 2017, published in Voprosy Ikhtiologii, 2017, Vol. 57, No. 4, pp. 481–484.
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Saveliev, P.A., Zolotukhin, S.F. & Kanzeparova, A.N. Finding of Amur sculpin Mesocottus haitej and Cottus szanaga (Cottidae) in Tugur River basin (Khabarovsk krai, Russia). J. Ichthyol. 57, 639–642 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945217040130
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