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M.S. Alavi-Yeganeh m.fl. (2014). «Taxonomic validity and phylogenetic relationships of a newly-described tooth-carp, Aphanius mesopotamicus Coad, 2009 (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae)». Zootaxa. 3780 (3): 594–600. ISSN1175-5334. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3780.3.11.
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