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Two new species of stone loaches of the genus Barbatula (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae) from Europe with a neotype designation of B. barbatula (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae)
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- 1. Aquatic Ecology and Evolution, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland & Department of Fish Ecology and Evolution, EAWAG, Swiss Federal Institute for Aquatic Science and Technology, Kastanienbaum, Switzerland & Wyss Academy for Nature at the University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- 2. Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin, Germany
- 3. Aquatic Ecology and Evolution, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland & Naturhistorisches Museum Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- 4. Aquatic Ecology and Evolution, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland & Department of Fish Ecology and Evolution, EAWAG, Swiss Federal Institute for Aquatic Science and Technology, Kastanienbaum, Switzerland
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Calegari, Bárbara B., Freyhof, Jörg, Waldock, Conor, Wegscheider, Bernhard, Josi, Dario, Rüber, Lukas, Seehausen, Ole (2025): Two new species of stone loaches of the genus Barbatula (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae) from Europe with a neotype designation of B. barbatula (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Journal of Fish Biology 107 (4): 1364-1397, DOI: 10.1111/jfb.70108
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