pearl mullet

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Alburnus tarichi

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pearl mullet (plural pearl mullets)

  1. A species of cyprinid fish, Alburnus tarichi, found in Lake Van of the Armenian Highland in Turkey.
    • 2018 May 25, Eric Hilaire, The Guardian[1]:
      Pearl mullets are the only species able to survive in the salty, alkaline waters of the lake but swim upstream to lay eggs in freshwater rivers.

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