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

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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.

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The authors are deeply grateful to the anonymous reviewers for analyzing the work and providing helpful comments.

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Taxonomic studies of fishes were performed by E.D. Vasilieva for the state assignment to Lomonosov Moscow State University No. 121032300105-0. No additional grants were obtained to conduct or direct this particular study.

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    E. D. Vasil’eva

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    G. B. Kegenova, S. E. Sharakhmetov & N. Sh. Mamilov

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Fish catching and research on living material were performed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On the protection, reproduction, and use of fauna” from July 9, 2004 No. 593-II (as amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated July 3, 2013 No. 124-V, dated May 16, 2014 No. 203-V, dated September 29, 2014 No. 239-V, dated December 29, 2014 No. 269-V ZRK, dated October 29, 2015 No. 376-V ZRK, dated March 29, 2016 No. 479-V, dated 06/15/2017 No. 73, dated 04/02/2019 No. 241, dated 10/28/2019 No. 268, dated 02.23.2021 No. 11, dated 04.30.2021 No. 34, dated 11.24.2021 No. 75, dated 14.07.2022 No. 141), from December 30, 2021 No. 97-VII ZRK “On the responsible treatment of animals” and the order of the Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated November 10, 2004 No. 652. “On approval of the Rules for the use of animals, with the exception of rare and endangered animals, in scientific, cultural, educational, and aesthetic purposes, including for the creation of zoological collections.”

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Vasil’eva, E.D., Kegenova, G.B., Sharakhmetov, S.E. et al. Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Cobitidae): a New Non-Native Species Naturalized in Water Bodies of the Balkhash-Ili Basin, Kazakhstan. J. Ichthyol. 64, 90–98 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945224010107

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