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Alosidae

Caspian Marine Shad

Alosa braschnikowi

A Caspian migrant eating fish shrimp insects and mollusks

Temperate
Regional distribution
Brackish fish
Asia (unspecified)
Fusiform
Compressed cross-section
Medium
Temperate fish

Caspian Marine Shad is a migratory fish of Former USSR and Asia. Records give a maximum length of 50 cm. Its body is fusiform body.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Herrings
Family: Alosidae
Genus: Alosa
Maximum length: 50 cm
Water: Brackish
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Former USSR and Asia: Caspian Sea.
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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