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Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia
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Kuljanishvili, Tatia, Epitashvili, Giorgi, Freyhof, Jörg, Japoshvili, Bella, Kalous, Lukáš, Levin, Boris, Mustafayev, Namig, Ibrahimov, Shaig, Pipoyan, Samvel, Mumladze, Levan (2020): Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 36 (4): 501-514, DOI: 10.1111/jai.14038, URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/jai.14038
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