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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).
Eponymy: Evgenii Konstantinovich Suvorov (1880–1953) was a Russian zoologist and ichthyologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Berg.
Issue
This shad species has not been recognized by some authors after considering respective specimens as hybrids between the different shad species according to Reshetnikov et al. (1997: Ref. 26334).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; pelagic. Temperate
Europe: Capian Sea; enters sporadically the Volga delta.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 26.8 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 593); common length : 19.1 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 593)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
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. An annotated check-list of the freshwater fishes of Russia. J. Ichthyol. 37(9):687-736. (Ref. 26334)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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