Clupeonella caspia Svetovidov, 1941

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Clupeonella caspia Svetovidov, 1941 – Native ( Fig. 39)

Clupeonella delicatula caspia Svetovidov [A. N.] 1941: 808; Type locality: Volga Delta, Russia, Caspian Sea. Lectotype: ZIN 15883 (152 mm, jar not found in 1996). Paralectotypes: ZIN 15883 (5 juv.).

Common name: Pr: Rizeh kuli, kilka-e-maamooli, En: Common shad Caspian sprat, Black Sea Sprat.

Diagnosis: A moderately deep body, depth of caudal peduncle, a short and wide head, a sharply keeled belly, and pointed pectoral fin tips.

Meristic characters: D: III–IV (III) 11–14, A: I– III (III) 14–19, GR: 51–62, LL: 42–55, TV: 40–44.

Distribution: Caspian Sea basin ( Fig. 40). More common in the central and parts Southern of Caspian Sea.

Taxonomy: Kozlovsky in Hoestlandt (1991) classified as a subspecies of Clupeonella cultriventris also Bogutskaya and Naseka (2004) also considered it a synonym of Clupeonella cultriventris , but Kottelat and Freyhof (2007) consider this subspecies to be a distinct species found in the Caspian Sea with cultriventris restricted to the Black Sea, and they give Clupeonella caspia full species rank.

Conservation: IUCN: Least Concern ( Freyhof and Kottelat 2008m).