Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Cobitidae): a New Non-Native Species Naturalized in Water Bodies of the Balkhash-Ili Basin, Kazakhstan


Vasil’eva E.D. Kegenova G.B. Sharakhmetov S.E. Mamilov N.S.
February 2024

Journal of Ichthyology
2024#64Issue 190 - 98 pp.

Abstract—: Based on comparative morphological studies of weatherfishes (genus Misgurnus) collected in the Ili River basin (Kazakhstan) in 2022, specimens from the collection of the Zoological Museum of Lomonosov Moscow State University, and literature data, it is shown for the first time that the oriental weatherfish Misgurnus anguillicaudatus has naturalized in the Balkhash-Ili basin.

diagnostic features , Ili River basin , introduction , oriental weatherfish

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Zoological Museum of Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Zoological Museum of Lomonosov Moscow State University
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University

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