Alosa braschnikowi (Borodin, 1904)

Caspian marine shad

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Classification	Actinopterygii \| Clupeiformes \| Clupeidae
Synonyms	Clupea caspiopontica braschnikowi, Caspialosa brashnikovi agrachanica, Caspialosa brashnikovi autumnalis, ... more
Common names	Brazhnikovskie sel'di, Doghinskaja seld, Slez dolginski, ... more

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Main reference

Whitehead, P.J.P. 1985. (Ref. 188)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 50.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 188); common length : 30.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 188)

Environment

Pelagic; oceanodromous; brackish

Climate / Range

Temperate; 48°N - 35°N, 45°E - 56°E (Ref. 188)

Former USSR and Asia: Caspian Sea.
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0. Body fairly elongate, more `herring-like' than `shad-like'. gill rakers thick and coarse, shorter, equal to or a little longer than gill filaments, either straight or curved, pointed or blunt, occasionally even bifurcated at tips. Teeth well developed in both jaws. Other Caspian shads have deeper, more shad-like bodies.

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.


IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 57073)	Threat to humans
Not Evaluated	Harmless

Human uses
Fisheries: highly commercial


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Estimation of some characteristics with mathematical models

Resilience (Ref. 69278)

Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)


Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)	Price category (Ref. 80766)
Low to moderate vulnerability (34 of 100)	Low

Entered by Binohlan, Crispina B.

Modified by Froese, Rainer

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