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Inland fishes of the Arabian Peninsula: Review and a revised checklist
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- 1. Ichthyology and Molecular Systematics Research Laboratory, Zoology Section, Department of Biology, School of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
- 2. Conservation Monitoring Centre, The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature, Amman, Jordan
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Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, Hamidan, Neshat (2023): Inland fishes of the Arabian Peninsula: Review and a revised checklist. Zootaxa 5330 (2): 201-226, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5330.2.2
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