Caspian Sea: State of the Environment 2019

rax pelzami (Kessler, 1870), Salmo trutta caspius (Kessler, 1870) and Stenodus leucichthys leucich- thys (Guldenstadt, 1772).

The Turkmenistan Red Book (2011) includes 14 fish species, of which five are endemic to the Cas- pian Sea: Acipenser nudiventris (Lovetsky, 1823), Alosa kessleri volgensis (Berg, 1913), Schizotho-

Table 5.15: Cyclostomes and fish listed in the Red Book of Turkmenistan (Redlist Committee of Turk- menistan 2011).

Family (Latin)

Family (English)

Petromyzontiformes

Lamprey

Caspiomyzon wagneri (Kessler, 1870)

Caspian lamprey

Acipenseridae

Sturgeon

Acipenser nudiventris (Lovetsky, 1823)

Ship sturgeon

Pseudoscaphirhychus hermanni (Kessler, 1877)

Dwarf sturgeon

Pseudoscaphirhychus kaufmanni (Bogdanov, 1874)

Amu Darya sturgeon

Clupeidae

Clupeidae

Alosa kessleri volgensis (Berg.1913)

Caspian anadromous shad

Cyprinidae

Minnows and carp

Alburnoides bipunctatus eichwaldi (Filippi, 1863)

Kura chub

Aspiolucius esocinus (Kessler, 1874)

Pike asp

Barbus lacerta cyri (Filippi, 1865)

Kura barbel

Leuciscus cephalus orientalis (Nordmann, 1840)

European chub

Rutilus rutilus uzboicus (Berg, 1932)

Rutilus rutilus uzboicus

Schizothorax pelzami (Kessler, 1870)

Transcaspian marinka

Balitoridae

Hillstream loach

Schistura sargadensis turcmenicus (Berg, 1933)

Schistura sargadensis turcmenicus

Troglocobitis staroslini (Parin, 1983)

Starostin’s loach

Salmonidae

Salmonidae

Salmo trutta caspius (Kessler, 1870)

Caspian brown trout

Stenodus leucichthys leucichthys (Guldenstadt, 1772)

Beloribitsa

Source: Azerbaijan Scientific-Research Fisheries Institute

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