Alosa curensis, Kura shad : fisheries

Alosa curensis (Suvorov, 1907)

Kura shad
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Alosidae (Shads and Sardines)
Etymology: Alosa: Latin, alausa = a fish cited by Ausonius and Latin, halec = pickle, dealing with the Greek word hals = salt; it is also the old Saxon name for shad = "alli" ; 1591 (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: This is a toponym; it refers to the Kura River, Azerbaijan, where the holotype was collected. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Brackish; benthopelagic. Temperate

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Europe and Asia: Caspian Sea in the vicinities of the Kura River, Azerbaijan.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 19.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 593)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

A poorly studied species which occurs in brackish water (Ref. 593).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Reshetnikov, Y.S., N.G. Bogutskaya, E.D. Vasil'eva, E.A. Dorofeeva, A.M. Naseka, O.A. Popova, K.A. Savvaitova, V.G. Sideleva and L.I. Sokolov, 1997. An annotated check-list of the freshwater fishes of Russia. J. Ichthyol. 37(9):687-736. (Ref. 26334)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 17 July 2017

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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