Agrakhan shad

Alosa sphaerocephala

May begins the round headed Caspian spawning season

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

Agrakhan shad is a brackish-water fish of brackish waters. Its source record singles out this identifying detail: May begins the round headed Caspian spawning season.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Herrings
Family: Alosidae
Genus: Alosa
Maximum length: 25 cm
Water: Brackish
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Former USSR and Asia: Caspian Sea.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

Report a correction