Caspian_shad

<i>Alosa caspia</i>

Alosa caspia

Species of fish

Alosa caspia is a species of [[alosid]] fish, one of the species of shad (genus Alosa) endemic to the Caspian Sea basin.[1]

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FishBase treats separately three subspecies from the Caspian:[2]

  • Caspian shad, Alosa caspia caspia (Eichwald, 1838)
  • Enzeli shad, Alosa caspia knipowitschi (Iljin, 1927)
  • Astrabad shad, Alosa caspia persica (Iljin, 1927)

Previously the taxonomic circumscription and geographic range of A. caspia have been broader, encompassing also the Sea of Azov and Black Sea basins.[2][3][4] Up to ten subspecies were recognised; these included forms now classified as Alosa tanaica (and its synonyms) and even the Balkan freshwater endemics Alosa macedonica and Alosa vistonica.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. 2008. Alosa caspia. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. Downloaded on 18 April 2015.
  2. [2]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Alosa caspia" in FishBase. June 2014 version.
  3. [3]
    Peter J.P. Whitehead (1985) Subfamily Alosinae[permanent dead link] In: Clupeoid Fishes of the World - an annotated and illustrated catalog of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies and wolf-herrings. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, Volume 7, Part 1. Rome: UNDP FAO.
  4. [4]
    A. caspia (Eichwald,1838) - каспийско-черноморский пузанок Archived 2015-02-13 at the Wayback Machine Позвоночные животные России. sevin.ru


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