Abrau sprat

Abrau sprat, Clupeonella abrau, is a species of freshwater fish in the family Clupeidae.[1] It is found landlocked in Russia in a single locality, Lake Abrau, located at 70 m above sea level near the Black Sea coast close to Novorossiysk.[2] The lake is small and has been stocked by several alien species, whence the Abrau sprat is considered critically endangered.[3]

Abrau sprat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Clupeidae
Genus: Clupeonella
Species:
C. abrau
Binomial name
Clupeonella abrau
(Maliatsky, 1930)
Synonyms
  • Clupeonella abrau abrau (Maliatsky, 1930)
  • Clupeonella muhlisi (non Neu, 1934)
  • Harengula abrau Maliatsky, 1930

A sprat of the Lake Apolyont in Turkey, linked to the Sea of Marmara, was earlier treated as a subspecies of the Abrau sprat, Clupeonella abrau muhilisi, but has more recently been considered an independent species Clupeonella muhlisi.[3][4]

Sources
  1. "Species Clupeonella abrau Maliatsky 1930". FishWisePro. 1930. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Clupeonella abrau" in FishBase. April 2015 version.
  3. Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. (2008). "Clupeonella abrau". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T4985A11106744. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T4985A11106744.en. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  4. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Clupeonella muhlisi" in FishBase. April 2015 version.


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