Caspian marine shad (Alosa braschnikowi)

Scientific name: Alosa braschnikowi Borodin, 1904

Caspian marine shad (Alosa braschnikowi)

The Caspian marine shad (Alosa braschnikowi) is a brackish-water fish of the family Clupeidae. Native range: Former USSR and Asia, Caspian Sea.

Biology

Occurs in brackish water and non-anadromous, but strongly migratory. Feeds on small clupeids, gobies, atherines, also crustaceans and occasionally insects and mollusks. Spawning patterns among the subspecies vary but occur mostly in spring and summer after an inshore migration and movement northward.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Alosa braschnikowi
Family
Clupeidae (Herrings, shads and sardines)
Order
Clupeiformes (Herrings)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
50.0
Common length
30.0
Environment
Brackish; pelagic; oceanodromous
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
Former USSR and Asia: Caspian Sea.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: highly commercial
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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