Caspian tyulka
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Ehiravidae
Genus: Clupeonella
Species:
C. caspia
Binomial name
Clupeonella caspia
Svetovidov (ru), 1941
Synonyms
  • Clupeonella cultiventris caspia Svetovidov, 1941
  • Clupeonella delicatula caspia Svetovidov, 1941

Caspian tyulka, Clupeonella caspia, is a species of fish in the family Clupeidae. It is found in the Caspian Sea, also in the lower reaches of the rivers Volga, Ural, and possibly Terek. This is a brackishwater pelagic-neritic fish, up to 12 cm maximum length.[1]

Previously the Caspian tyulka was considered to be a part of the more widespread Clupeonella cultriventris (subspecies C. cultriventris caspia), [2][3] but that species is now thought to inhabit the Pontic basin only.

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Clupeonella caspia" in FishBase. April 2015 version.
  2. ^ C. cultriventris (Nordmann,1840) - черноморско-каспийская тюлька Archived 2014-09-12 at the Wayback Machine Позвоночные животные России. sevin.ru
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Clupeonella cultriventris" in FishBase. August 2014 version.


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