15. Alosa braschnikowi (Borodin, 1904)

Common name. Caspian marine shad

Taxonomy. Original description: Clupea caspiopontica var. braschnikowi Borodin, 1904: 180 [13], fig. 4 [Near Fort Aleksandrovsk, middle Caspian Sea, Kazakhstan; lectotype: ZIN 13051 (280 mm)].

Revisions. Whitehead (1985: 195 as Alosa braschnikovi).

Illustrations. Whitehead (1985: 195, fig. as Alosa braschnikovi).

Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Caspian Sea.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 434-Kura-South Caspian Drainages, 450-Turan Plain, 452-Caspian Marine.

Status in Iran. [Native] Shagmahi, Shagmahi–e Khazari.—Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018); Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020) and Eagderi et al. (2022).— Iran material: None.

Conservation. —IUCN: DD.