Alosa caspia

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• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Biome: Freshwater ; Marine [1].

Ecology: Habitat :
At sea , pelagic, in coastal waters with steady current , avoids areas with stable salinity . Migrates from sea to mouth of large rivers , spawns in fresh or slightly brackish water at shallow sites washed by flow of large rivers.

Biology :
Anadromous . Males migrate upriver at 2-3 years, females at 4-5. Many individuals reproduce 2-4 seasons . There are two migration peaks, one in late April (mostly males) and one in early May (mostly females), entering rivers when temperature rises above 10°C. Spawns when temperature reaches 15°C or more, in May-June. Spawns usually in the upper 3 m. Eggs semipelagic and demersal . Spent fish migrate back to sea. Juveniles migrate to sea during first summer, remaining at sea until they mature . At sea, feeds predominantly on zooplankton such as copepods and mysids .[1].

List of Habitats:

•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.1     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )   
  
•     9     Marine Neritic   
  
•     9.1     Marine Neritic - Pelagic   
  
•     9.10     Marine Neritic - Estuaries   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Alosa caspia • Alosa caspia Eichwald 1838 • Alosa caspia vistonica Economidis & Sinis, 1986 • Alosa caspia vistonica • Alosa vistonica Economidis and Sinis, 1986

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 24-Jul-1994

Similar Species

Members of the genus Alosa

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 40 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. aestivalis (Blueback Glut Herring) · A. agone (Agone) · A. alabamae (Alabama Shad?names of Fishes 67) · A. alburnus (Caspian Marine Shad) · A. algeriensis (North African Shad) · A. alosa (Blueback Glut Herring) · A. alosa alosa (Blueback Glut Herring) · A. braschnikowi (Brazhnikov's Shad) · A. braschnikowi braschnikowi (Caspian Marine Shad) · A. braschnikowi sarensis (Caspian Marine Shad) · A. brashnikovi (Caspian Marine Shad) · A. brashnikovi brashnikovi (Caspian Marine Shad) · A. caspia (Astrabad Shad) · A. caspia caspia (Caspian Shad) · A. caspia knipowitschi (Enzeli Shad) · A. caspia persica (Astrabad Shad) · A. chrysochloris (Skipjack Herring) · A. elongata (Elongate Ilisha) · A. fallax (Killarney Shad) · A. fallax fallax (Twaite Shad) · A. fallax nilotica (Killarney Shad) · A. immaculata (Kerch Black Sea Shad) · A. kessleri (Black-Back Shad) · A. killarnensis (Goureen) · A. macedonica (Macedonian Shad) · A. maeotica (Black Sea Shad) · A. mediocris (Shad Fall Herring) · A. nilotica (Mediterranean Shad) · A. pectinata (Brazilian Menhaden) · A. pontica (Kerch Black Sea Shad) · A. pseudoharengus (Anadromous Alewives) · A. reevesii (Seasonal Shad) · A. sapidissima (Connecticut River Shad) · A. saposchnikowii (Bigeye Shad) · A. saposhnikovi (Saposhnikovi Shad) · A. sphaerocephala (Agrakhana Shad) · A. sp. nov. 'Skadar' (Skadar Shad) · A. tanaica (Black Sea Shad) · A. teres (California Round Herring) · A. volgensis (Caspian Anadromous Shad)

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Further Reading

• Current bibliography for fisheries science. Rome, Biology Branch, Fisheries Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. url p. 97.
• Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 276, p. 280, p. 320, p. 568, p. 579, p. 646, p. 651, p. 94.
• Monogenetic trematodes: their systematics and phylogeny / by Boris E. Bychowsky; edited by William J. Hargis, Jr.; translated by Pierre C. Oustinoff. Washington, D.C.: American Institute of Biological Sciences, c1961. url p. 120, p. 17, p. 276, p. 503, p. 622.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.
• FishBase 2006.
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. 2008. Alosa caspia. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:

• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• GBIF-Sweden: Fishes (NRM)
• Senckenberg: Collection Pisces

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 141976
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-49114
• IUCN ID: 190044
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1472625

Footnotes

1. Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. 2008. Alosa caspia. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]

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