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Biogeography of freshwater fishes of the Balkan Peninsula

Anthi Oikonomou1*, Fabien Leprieur

2 and Ioannis D. Leonardos

1*

1Laboratory of Zoology, Department of Biological Applications and Technology, University of Ioannina,

University campus of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece

2Laboratoire Ecologie des Systèmes Marins Côtiers UMR 5119, CNRS, IRD, IFREMER, UM2, UM1, cc

093, Place E. Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France

* Corresponding authors: Anthi Oikonomou, email: anthi.oikon@gmail.com, tel: +302651007357;

Ioannis Leonardos, email: ileonard@uoi.gr, tel: +302651007313

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