Alosa curensis

Alosa tanaica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Clupeidae
Genus: Alosa
Species: A. curensis
Binomial name
Alosa curensis
(Suvorov, 1907)
Synonyms

Clupea curensis Suvorov, 1907
Caspialosa caspia curensis (Suvorov, 1907)

Alosa curensis, the Kura shad, is one of the species of clupeid fish endemic to the Caspian Sea basin. It is found in the southwestern part of the brackish sea-lake, near the mouth of the Kura River, Azerbaijan. But generally this is a poorly known species.[1]

Footnotes

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Alosa curensis" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
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