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Alosa maeotica (Grimm, 1901)

Black sea shad
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Romania country information

Common names: Scrumbie alba de mare, Scrumbie de mare, Scrumbie mică
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Spawners enter Lake Razelm when temperature reaches about 7°C (Ref. 59043). Also Ref. 188, 56616.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ro.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Reshetnikov, Y.S., N.G. Bogutskaya, E.D. Vasil'eva, E.A. Dorofeeva, A.M. Naseka, O.A. Popova, K.A. Savvaitova, V.G. Sideleva and L.I. Sokolov, 1997
National Database: Animalia Eukarya - Romania

Common names from other countries

Azov shad, Sledz azowski, Оселедець чорноморсько-азовський, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Alosidae (Shads and Sardines)
Etymology: Alosa: Latin, alausa = a fish cited by Ausonius and Latin, halec = pickle, dealing with the Greek word hals = salt; it is also the old Saxon name for shad = "alli" ; 1591 (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; pelagic-neritic.   Temperate; 48°N - 40°N, 27°E - 43°E (Ref. 188)

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