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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 58108 | Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, 2003. Chinese aquatic germplasm resources database. http://zzzy.fishinfo.cn | 2003 | Nansenia obscura | --> |
| 58018 | Bogutskaya, N.G., 2007. Preliminary assignment of coordinates to type localities in the Catalog of Fishes. Unpublished dbf file. | 2007 | Nansenia obscura | --> |
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