Dzungaria



ID


623

Author(s)


J. Hales


Countries


China
Mongolia
Mongolia
Mongolia

Major Habitat Type


Xeric freshwaters and endorheic (closed) basins

Description

Boundaries

Dzungaria is a basin in the autonomous region of Xinjiang in northwest China. It is bounded in the south by the Tian Shan Range and in the north by the Altai Mountains.

Description of endemic fishes

2 endemic species

Justification for delineation

Delineations were determined using a bottom-up approach that employed both published and unpublished field data and expert assessment (Abell et al. 2008).


References

  • Abell, Robin,M.L. Thieme,C. Revenga,M. Bryer,M. Kottelat,N. Bogutskaya,B. Coad,N. Mandrak,S.C. Balderas,W. Bussing,M.L.J. Stiassny,P. Skelton,G.R. Allen,P. Unmack,A. Naseka,R. Ng,N. Sindorf,J. Robertson,E. Armijo,J.V. Higgins,T.J. Heibel,E. Wikramanayake, (2008). "Freshwater Ecoregions of the World: A New Map of Biogeographic Units for Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation" BioScience 58 (5) pp. 403-414.
  • Li, S.-Z. (1979). "The fishes of Xinjiang Province" Unpublished Thesis. .