Author: (Berg, 1913)
FBname: Agrakhan shad
Comments: Confined to semi-saline waters; non-anadromous, not entering fresh water.  Spawns in the eastern part at the north end of Caspian Sea, from mid-May to end of June, mostly when temperatures are 18-20°C, salinities 8-10 ppt and at depths of around 3 m.  The young move southward late in autumn, later than any other clupeids.