Abrau sprat

Abrau sprat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Clupeidae
Subfamily: Clupeinae
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

Abrau sprat, Clupeonella abrau, is a species of freshwater fish in the Clupeidae family. 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.[1] The lake is small and has been stocked by several alien species, whence the Abrau sprat is considered critically endangered.[2]


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.[2][3]

Sources

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Clupeonella abrau" in FishBase. April 2015 version.
  2. 1 2 Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. (2008). "Clupeonella abrau". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Clupeonella muhlisi" in FishBase. April 2015 version.


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