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Table 2 Loptuq fish names in Lop Nor

From: Making the most of scarce biological resources in the desert: Loptuq material culture in Eastern Turkestan around 1900

egej balïq = Ili marinka, Schizothorax eurystomus Kessler, 1872

 

otur balïq = Tarim schizothoracin, Schizothorax biddulphi Günther, 1876

 

tazek balïq = Kashgarian loach, Hedinichthys yarkandensis (Day, 1877)

 

it balïq = scaly osman, Diptychus maculatus Steindachner, 1866

 

laqu (loqo), minlaj = bigheaded carp, Aspiorhynchus laticeps (Day, 1877)

 
  1. Source: Svanberg and Ståhlberg 2020 [26]
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