Alosa kessleri
| Alosa kessleri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Alosidae |
| Genus: | Alosa |
| Species: | A. kessleri
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| Binomial name | |
| Alosa kessleri (Grimm, 1887)
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Alosa kessleri, also referred to as the Caspian anadromous shad, the blackback, or the black-spined herring, is a species of
shad endemic to the Caspian Sea basin.[1]
This is an
Ural Rivers.[1]
While the migration upstream is broken, it seems the fish have found new breeding grounds south of the dam, and the population is now abundant.[2] The species may be threatened by commercial and illegal fishing in the Caspian Sea and at the mouth of the Volga during the migration, though.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Alosa kessleri" in FishBase. Feb 2015 version.
- ^ The IUCN Red List of Threatened Speciesv 2014.3
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