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Journey of pearl mullet fish in Turkey's Van Lake

The challenging migration of pearl mullets, an endemic fish species found only in Turkey's eastern Van Lake, has started as their spawning period began.

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The pearl mullet is a species that lives in the highly carbonated waters of Van Lake, but it cannot reproduce there because of the salinity of the water, so they migrate through the lake's tributaries to spawn.