Fig. 4 in Fig. 4 in Fig. 3 in Fig. 21. Sesarmops mora n in Paralbunea dayriti Author Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Alborz, Iran. E-mail: jouladehroudbar @ ut. ac. ir jouladehroudbar@ut.ac.ir Author Ghanavi, Hamid Reza Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. * Correspondence: E-mail: hamid. ghanavi @ gmail. com (Ghanavi) hamid.ghanavi@gmail.com Author Doadrio, Ignacio Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology Department, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales-CSIC, Madrid, Spain. E-mail: doadrio @ mncn. csic. es doadrio@mncn.csic.es text Zoological Studies 2020 2020-06-29 59 21 1 303 http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12822535 journal article 10.6620/ZS.2020.59-21 1810-522X Alosa caspia (Eichwald, 1838) – Native ( Fig. 32 ) Caspialosa knipowitschi Iljin [B. S.] 1927: 69; Type locality: Southwestern Caspian Sea, Iran . Lectotype : ZIN 31892 ( 212 mm ). Paralectotypes : (94) ZIN 31892 (3 of 4, with lectotype ), 25602 (2). Fig. 29. Distribution map of Anguilla anguilla . Fig. 30. Alosa cf. braschnikowii . Photograph from Babolsar shore, Caspian Sea basin. Caspialosa caspia var. persica Iljin [B. S.] 1927: 72; Type locality: Astrabad Bay, southeastern Caspian Sea, Iran . Lectotype : ZIN 16413 ( 147.5 mm ). Paralectotypes : ZIN 16413 (3, with lectotype ). Caspialosa caspia aestuarina Berg [L. S.] 1932: 88; Type locality: Northern Caspian Sea, Russia . No types known. Alosa bulgarica Drensky [P.] 1934: 79 (German p. 85); Type locality: Lower Resovska River , south of Burgas , Bulgaria coasts of the Black Sea. Lectotype : NMNHS 300 /2. Caspialosa caspia salina Svetovidov [A. N.] 1936: 51; Type locality: Mertvyi Kultuk and Kaydak bays, northeastern Caspian Sea. Syntypes : whereabouts unknown. Common name : Pr: Shagmahi-ye shekambozorg, Shagmahi-ye chekameh dar, Shagmahi-ye darya-ye Khazar, En: Caspian shad. Diagnosis : A relatively deep and “shad-like” shape, not as elongate and rounded as in some related species, which are likened to a “herring” shape. Total gill rakers 68–150 much longer than the gill filaments, and forming a convex outline on the lower arch. Teeth present in both jaws but poorly developed in both jaws. A black spot posterior to gill opening and occasionally further black spots on flank in some cases. Meristic characters : D: III–IV 12–15 (14), A: III– IV (III) 15–20 (18), GR: 68–150 (100–140), LL: 94–54, TV: 45–52 (49–51). Distribution : Caspian Sea basin ( Fig. 33 ). This species is commonly found in the western Caspian Sea but many authors also reported it from southern Caspian Sea ( Coad 2017 ). Taxonomy : Clupea caspia described from Caspian Sea. No types known. Svetovidov ( Hureau and Monod 1973 ) placed in Alosa . Conservation : IUCN: Least Concern ( Freyhof and Kottelat 2008d ).