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Alosa immaculata

(Kerch Black Sea Shad)

Common Names

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Common Names in Bulgarian:

Dunavska Skumriya, Karagyoz

Common Names in Danish:

Eichwalds Stamsild

Common Names in English:

Black Sea Herring, Black Sea Shad, Kerch Black Sea Shad, Kerch Shad, Pontic Shad

Common Names in French:

Alose, Alose De La Mer Noire

Common Names in German:

Donauhering

Common Names in Greek:

Σαρδελομάνα Πόντου, Sardelomana Pontou

Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:

長體西鯡, 长体西鲱

Common Names in Persian:

Posht Siah, Puzanok, Zalun

Common Names in Polish:

Sledz Czarnomorski

Common Names in Portuguese:

Sável-Do-Mar Negro

Common Names in Rumanian:

Scrumbie De Dunare, Scumbie De Dunare, Scumbie De Dunăre

Common Names in Russian:

Chernomorskaya Sel'd, Chernomorskaya Seld, Chernomorsko-Azovskaya Sel'd', Dunayskaya Sel'd, черноморско-азовская проходная сельдь, Tchernomorsko-Asovskaya Sel´d, Tchernomorsko-Asovskaya Sel'd

Common Names in Slovene:

Dunavski Piskur

Common Names in Spanish:

Alosa Pontica, Sábalo Del Mar Negro

Common Names in Swedish:

Svartahavs-Staksill

Common Names in Turkish:

Ringa Baligi

Description

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Family Clupeidae

Distribution: global (mostly tropical ) from 70 N to about 60 S. Chiefly marine coastal and schooling fishes ; some freshwater and anadromous . Body usually fusiform , round to strongly compressed . Head without scales ; jaw teeth, when present, are small or minute. A single dorsal fin, small and near midpoint of body; pelvic fins more or less below dorsal fin base ; dorsal and pelvic fins absent in some species; soft rays only. Lateral line spanning a few scales behind the head in some species, missing in others; scales cycloid (smooth to touch); abdominal scutes usually present (a single pelvic scute in the Dussumieriinae). Branchiostegal rays usually 5-10. Most feed on small planktonic animals. Size range (adults ): from 2 to 75 cm. One of the most important family of commercial fishes, processed for food, oil , or fish meal .The family Clupeidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) and the Order Clupeiformes. It contains 66 genera and 216 species. It may be found in Marine, Brackish , and Freshwater environments and is primarily Marine. Members of this family are not used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are nonguarders. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is carangiform . Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be normal. Members of this family have been dated back to the lower Eocene epoch of the Tertiary period. This family may be found from 70° n to 55° s and 180° w to 179° e. Etymology of this family name : Latin, clupea = sardine, derived from Clupeus = shield ; doubtless a reference to the scales covering the body of the fish + Greek, odous = teeth

Taxonomy

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Unambiguous Synonyms

  1. Alosa kessleri pontica (Eichwald, 1838)
  2. Alosa pontica moriac Antipa, 1909
  3. Alosa pontica pontica (Eichwald, 1838)
  4. Caspialosa kessleri pontica (Eichwald, 1838)
  5. Caspialosa pontica (Eichwald, 1838)
  6. Clupea eichwaldi Grimm, 1901
  7. Clupea eichwaldii Grimm, 1901
  8. Clupea pontica Eichwald, 1838

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 24-Jul-1994

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Alosa

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 109 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

A. aestavalis · A. aestivalis (Blueback Glut Herring) · A. agone (Mediterranean Shad) · A. alabamae (Alabama Shad?names of Fishes 67) · A. alburnus · A. algeriensis · A. alosa (Blueback Glut Herring) · A. alosa alosa (Blueback Glut Herring) · A. alosa bulgarica · A. apicalis · A. argyrochloris · Harengula clupeola · A. braschnikowi (Brazhnikov´s Shad) · A. braschnikowii autumnalis · A. braschnikowii nirchi · A. braschnikowii orientalis · A. braschnikowi braschnikowi (Caspian Marine Shad) · A. braschnikowi sarensis (Caspian Marine Shad) · A. brashnikovi · A. brashnikovi brashnikovi (Caspian Marine Shad) · A. brashnikovi maeotica · A. brevis · A. caspia (Caspian Shad) · A. caspia caspia (Il´men Shad) · A. caspia knipowitschi (Enzeli Shad) · A. caspia nordmanni · A. caspia persica (Astrabad Shad) · A. caspia salina · A. caspia tanaica · A. caspia vistonica · A. chrysochloris (Skipjack Herring) · A. communis · A. cyanonoton · A. elongata · A. fallax (Killarney Shad) · A. fallax algeriensis · A. fallax bolivari · A. fallax fallax (Killarney Shad) · A. fallax killarnensis · A. fallax lacustris · A. fallax nilotica (Mediterranean Shad) · A. fallax rhodanensis · A. fallax subsp. fallax · A. finta · A. finta algeriensis · A. finta killarnensis · A. finta lacustris · A. finta rhodanensis · A. pontica (Kerch Black Sea Shad) · A. kanagurta · A. kessleri (Caspian Anadromous Shad) · A. killarnensis · A. lacustris benacensis · A. lacustris ceresioverbana · A. lacustris lariana · A. lacustrus benacensis · A. lineata · A. macedonica (Macedonia Shad) · A. maeotica (Black Sea Shad) · A. maeotica maeotica · A. malayana · A. mattowacca · A. mediocris (Freshwater Taylor) · A. menhaden · A. fallax subsp. fallax · A. musica · A. nilotica (Mediterranean Shad) · A. ohiensis · A. papalina · A. pectinata · A. pilchardus · A. pontica (Kerch Black Sea Shad) · A. pontica danubii · A. pontica kessleri · A. pontica moriac · A. pontica nigrescens · A. pontica pontica · A. pontica russac · A. praestabilis · A. psendoharengus · A. pseudoharengus (Anadromous Alewives) · A. psuedoharengus · A. reevesii · A. sapadissima · A. sapidisima · A. sapidissima (Connecticut River Shad) · A. sapidissma · A. saposchnikowii (Saposhnikovi Shad) · A. saposhnikovi · A. sardina · Sardinella aurita · A. sp · A. sphaerocephala (Agrakhana Shad) · A. squamopinnata · A. suworowi · A. tanaica (Paeostom Shad) · A. teres · A. toli · A. tyrannus · A. vistonica

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Last Revised: 7/2/2009