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	<dwc:Phylum>Chordata</dwc:Phylum>
	<dwc:Class>Teleostei</dwc:Class>
	<dwc:Order>Siluriformes</dwc:Order>
	<dwc:Family>Sisoridae</dwc:Family>
	<dwc:Genus>Pseudecheneis</dwc:Genus>
	<dwc:ScientificName>Pseudecheneis suppaetula Ng, 2006</dwc:ScientificName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Pontic spined loach</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='et'>Pontose hink</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='tr'>Taşyiyen balığı</commonName>
	<synonym relationship='valid name'>Cobitis pontica Vasil'eva &amp; Vasil'ev, 2006</synonym>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=205&amp;speccode=63133'>Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57856&amp;speccode=63133'>Vasil'eva, E.D. and V.P. Vasil'ev0 &lt;i&gt;Cobtitis pontica&lt;/i&gt; sp. nova - a new spined loach species (Cobitidae) from the Bulgarian waters. J. Ichthyol. 46(Suppl. 1):15-20. (Ref. 57856)</reference>
	<reference isbn='978-2-8399-0298-4' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=59043&amp;speccode=63133'>Kottelat, M. and J. Freyhof0 Handbook of European freshwater fishes. Publications Kottelat, Cornol and Freyhof, Berlin. 646 pp. (Ref. 59043)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=105471&amp;speccode=63133'>eElurikkus0 eElurikkus koondab ühte portaali Eesti eluslooduse andmed. http://elurikkus.ut.ee/ (Ref. 105471)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=106151&amp;speccode=63133'>Çiçek, E., R. Fricke and S.S. Birecikligil0 Freshwater fishes of Turkey: a revised and updated annotated checklist. Biharean Biologist 9(2):141-157. (Ref. 106151)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=130435&amp;speccode=63133'>IUCN0 The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1964 - onwards. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ (Ref. 130435)</reference><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>Found in small brooks to large rivers, in flowing or still waters on sand, silt or mud bottoms (Ref. 59043).  Oviparous, possibly with distinct pairing during breeding similar to congeners (Ref. 205).</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57856&amp;speccode=63133'>Vasil'eva, E.D. and V.P. Vasil'ev 2006 &lt;i&gt;Cobtitis pontica&lt;/i&gt; sp. nova - a new spined loach species (Cobitidae) from the Bulgarian waters. J. Ichthyol. 46(Suppl. 1):15-20. (Ref. 57856)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>Europe:  From Veleka (Bulgaria) to Istranca (Turkish Thrace) drainages (Ref. 57856); Marmara Sea basin and lower Sakarya drainage (Anatolia) (Ref. 59043).</dc:description>
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	<dc:description>During courtship, 'the male follows the female and, after both enter dense vegetation (e.g. filamentous algae), the male forms a complete ring around the female's body behind the dorsal as the female releases the eggs' (Ref. 59043).</dc:description>
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