Abrau sprat [SEP] IUCN conservation status
Abrau sprat
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. The lake is small and has been stocked by several alien species, whence the Abrau sprat is considered critically endangered.
A sprat of the Lake Apolyont in Turkey, linked to the Sea of Marmara, was earlier treated as a subspecies of the Abrau
Clupeonella
Clupeonella is a genus of fish in the Clupeidae family. They are widespread in the fresh and brackish waters of the Caspian Sea and Black drainages.
Species.
- "Clupeonella abrau" (Abrau sprat)
- "Clupeonella caspia" (Caspian tyulka)
- "Clupeonella cultriventris" (Black Sea sprat)
- "Clupeonella engrauliformis" (Anchovy sprat)
- "Clupeonella grimmi" (Southern Caspian sprat)
- "Clupeonella muhlisi"
- "Clupeonella tscharchalensis" (Freshwater tyulka