The Fish Fauna of Kuzgun Dam Lake and Its Drainages (Erzurum, Turkey)
Abstract
This study was carried out to determine the fish fauna of Kuzgun Dam Lake dranaige. Eight (Barbus lacerta, Capoeta damascina, Alburnus sellal, Alburnoides velioglui, Squalius semae, Oxynoemacheilus araxensis, O. bergianus and Salmo euphrataeus) fish species belonging to 4 families (Cyprinidae, Leuciscidae, Nemachelidae and Salmonidae) were determined.
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