Alosa braschnikowi

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Alosa braschnikowi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Alosidae
Genus: Alosa
Species:
A. braschnikowi
Binomial name
Alosa braschnikowi
(Borodin, 1904)

Alosa braschnikowi, the Caspian marine shad or Brazhnikov's shad, is one of the alosid fish species endemic to the Caspian Sea. [2]

This is a relatively large shad, typically 30 cm and up to 50 cm length. It also has a more "herring-like" body shape than other Caspian shad species, being a slender and elongate fish. It has well developed teeth in both jaws. [2] [3]

Alosa braschnikowi feeds on small fishes but also on crustaceans and occasionally other invertebrates. It performs migrations within the Caspian Sea, but does not enter rivers. Several subspecies have been described, with different breeding habits and with varying gill raker numbers. [2] [3] The suggested subspecies include: [3]

Even Alosa curensis and Alosa maeotica have sometimes been listed as subspecies of A. brashnikovi; the latter is from the Pontic basin and now considered distinct (non-Caspian) species. [3] Several further synonyms exist. [2] [3]

References

  1. Di Dario, F. (2017). "Alosa braschnikowi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T98468449A98844981. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T98468449A98844981.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Alosa braschnikowi". FishBase .
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Whitehead, Peter J.P. (1985). FAO species catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, anchovies and wolfherrings. Part 1 – Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae. FAO Fisheries Synopsis. Vol. 125/7/1. Rome: FAO. pp. 195–196. ISBN   978-92-5-102340-2.
  4. Igor S. Zonn, Aleksey N Kosarev, Michael H. Glantz & Andrey G. Kostianoy, The Caspian Sea Encyclopedia, p. K 256