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Pelecus cultratus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Also calledCiosa (pol) · Dünnbauch (deu) · Garda (hun) · Kaze (lav) · Messerfisch (deu) · Messerkarpf (deu) · Miekkasärki (fin) · Nugakala (est) · Ostrucha krivocará (ces) · Paprastoji vandens ožka (lit) · Peixe-sabre (por) · Pelecus cultratus (cat) · Pélèque sabre (fra) · Sabelkarpe (dan)
First described in: Linnæus, Carolus. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. Vol. Tomus I, Editio decima, reformata: i-ii, 1-824.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
description
Literature Anonymous 1886; Brusina 1892; Glowacki 1896; Medić 1902; Ćurčić 1910; Vuković 1963 a, 1977 a; Veljović 1982, 1985; Mikavica et al. 1991; Mikavica & Savić 1999; Radević 2000; Mrakovčić et al. 2006; Škrijelj et al. 2005 a, 2005 b; Kottelat & Freyhof 2007; Sofradžija 2009; Drešković et al. 2011; Milanović et al. 2015; Simonović et al. 2015; Lukić et al. 2016, Dekić et al. 2024.
Freshwater fishes (Petromyzonti, Elasmobranchii, and Actinopteri) of Bosnia and Herzegovina: an updated inventory on the biodiversity and distribution
distribution
Origin and geographic range in BiH Native. Danube River Basin.
Freshwater fishes (Petromyzonti, Elasmobranchii, and Actinopteri) of Bosnia and Herzegovina: an updated inventory on the biodiversity and distribution
biology_ecology
Habitat. Surface of open waters of large rivers and lakes. Abundant in reservoirs (Don, Volga). Semi-anadromous individuals feed and spawn in pelagic zone of freshened parts of sea or lower parts of rivers, in main channels or floodplains. Lacustrine populations spawn in open waters of lakes. Biology. Lives up to 9 years. First spawns at 3 – 5 years, with 200 – 300 mm SL. Semi-anadromous individuals enter rivers from July (Don). When rivers are ice-covered, spawning migration ceases and resumes with ice break-up in April – May. Resident individuals in rivers throughout year. Spawns May – June, earlier in southern drainages (April in Syr-Darya) at temperatures above 12 ° C. Eggs semi-pelagic and drift with current (in rivers). Eggs hatch after 3 – 4 days. Adults return to estuaries to feed immediately after spawning. Juveniles may migrate to estuaries during first summer. Feeds on zooplankton, terrestrial invertebrates, and small fish.
Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia
diagnosis
Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Leuciscidae in West Asia by: ● lateral line running in an undulated line / ○ 24 – 29 ½ branched anal rays / ○ mouth superior / ○ body very elongate and compressed / ● dorsal profile almost straight / ○ sharp, scaleless keel from throat to anus / ● dorsal base entirely above anal base. Size up to 500 mm SL.
Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2367038.