Clupeonella engrauliformis (Borodin, 1904)

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Clupeonella engrauliformis (Borodin, 1904) – Native

Clupea engrauliformis Borodin [N. A.] 1904: 335; Type locality: Near Buinak, Caspian Sea, Russia. Lectotype: ZIN 13860 (124 mm).

Paralectotypes: ZIN 16119 (1), 30983 (?), 42863 (9), 13860 (5+, with lectotype).

Common name: Pr: Kilka-ye anchovy, En: Anchovy sprat.

Diagnosis: A slender body, a short and wide head, belly rounded, with 23 to 31 scutes, rounded pectoral fin tips, last two anal fin rays enlarged. Pterotic bulla absent. Females slightly larger than males.

Meristic characters: D: III 12–14, A: III 12–23, P: 6–7, GR: 56–67, LL: 45–49, TV: 40–44.

Distribution: Caspian Sea basin ( Fig. 41). More common in the central and southern parts of the Caspian Sea.

Mainly in open sea, only occasionally approaching the shore, sometimes massing in large schools, rising to the surface in the spring months.

Taxonomy: Berg (1949) placed in Clupeonella .

Conservation: IUCN: Not Evaluated; PC: Least Concern. Anchovy sprat has widespread distribution and is reported to be abundant along the northern, southern and western shores of the Caspian Sea.