Kerch shad

Alosa immaculata

Once swimming five hundred kilometers upriver before dams

Kerch shad is a freshwater fish of Eurasia. The species occupies freshwater habitats. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 39 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Herrings
Family: Alosidae
Genus: Alosa
Maximum length: 39 cm
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Eurasia: Black Sea and Sea of Azov ( in sea and in the Don, Danube and other rivers, as much as 567 km up the Don and as far as Kiev on the Dneiper before the dam was built). Recognized sub-species (Ref. 683 ): Alosa pontica pontica in the Black Sea and rivers feeding it; Alosa pontica kessleri and Alosa pontica volgensis in the Caspian Sea.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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