Published January 31, 2025 | Version v1
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Abramis brama

Description

Abramis brama (Linnaeus, 1758)

Cyprinus brama Linnaeus, 1758: 326. Type locality: European lakes.

REFERENCES FOR TAJIKISTAN: Abramis brama — Nikolskiy (1938: 139): Syr Darya; Afanasyev et al. (2020: 367): Syr Darya and Kairakkum reservoir. Abramis brama orientalis — Berg (1949: 775): Syr Darya (in lakes); Rasulov and Karimov (2014: 39): Kairakkum reservoir.

DISTRIBUTION IN TAJIKISTAN: Recorded in Kairakkum reservoir and lower reaches of the Vakhsh River.

CONSERVATION STATUS IN TAJIKISTAN: Vulnerable (Saidov, 2017); least concern (sensu IUCN; Freyhof and Kottelat, 2008d).

SPECIMENS EXAMINED: In 2003–2018, specimens were caught (not preserved) in the floodplain lakes and the riverbed of the lower reaches of the Vakhsh River in the Tigrovaya Balka Nature Reserve.

Notes

Published as part of Artaev, Oleg, Thoni, Ryan, Mirzoev, Nuriddin & Levin, Boris, 2025, Ichthyofauna of Tajikistan: Diversity and Changes over the Past Century, pp. 1-56 in American Museum Novitates 2025 (4032) on page 19, DOI: 10.1206/4032.1, http://zenodo.org/record/20514623

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Cypriniformes
Family
Cyprinidae
Genus
Abramis
Species
brama
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Abramis brama (Linnaeus, 1758) sec. Artaev, Thoni, Mirzoev & Levin, 2025

References

  • Afanasyev, S. A., A. M. Roman, V. L. Dolinskii, H. N. Karimov, and I. K. Erhashboev. 2020. Impact of designed Quairokkum Hydropower Plant reconstruction on the Syr Darya River ichthyofauna. Zoodiversity 54 (5): 363-374.
  • Berg, L. S. 1949. Freshwater fish of the USSR and neighboring countries (3 vols). Moscow-Leningrad: Izdatelstvo Akademii nauk SSSR. [in Russian]
  • Freyhof, J., and M. Kottelat. 2008 d. Abramis brama. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008. Internet resource (https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135696A4184980.en), accessed January 19, 2024.