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Many locals have become accustomed to sticking out bags and catching fish as they jump out of the water, catching so many fish in May–June that they do not have to fish for the rest of the year. Locals prefer to catch the fish during reproduction season, when the females are filled with eggs, which
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The tarek is the 'jewel' of Lake Van in Turkey. Found nowhere else in the world, this fish thrives in the lake's salty and carbonated waters, which are inhospitable to other forms of fresh water and marine fish. In May and June of each year it travels upstream through the lake's tributaries to lay
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282:fish, found only in
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53:Conservation status
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168:Species:
106:Kingdom:
100:Eukaryota
895:Lake Van
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513:FishBase
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319:Armenian
294:. It is
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280:cyprinid
272:Van fish
209:Synonyms
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371:Gallery
359:on the
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340:salmon
317:, and
315:darach
284:Turkey
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264:tarek
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