Species details

Accepted scientific name:

Pelecus cultratus (Linnaeus, 1758) (accepted name)

Synonyms:

Clupea ziga Wulff, 1765 (synonym)

Cyprinus cultratus Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)

Common names:

Peixe-sabre Portuguese

Messerkarpf German

Messerfisch German

Peleco Spanish

Rasoir English, French

Sabelbliek Dutch

Säbelfisch German

Sabelkarpe Danish, Norwegian

Sabre carp English

Sichel English, German

Sichelfisch German

Sichling German

Zicke German

Ziege Dutch, English, German

чехонь Russian

欧飘鱼 Mandarin Chinese

歐飄魚 Mandarin Chinese

Chekhon Russian

Chekhon' Russian

Ciosa Polish

Dünnbauch German

Garda Hungarian (Magyar)

Knife English

Miekkasärki Finnish

Ostrucha krivocará Czech

Razorfish English

Sabbitza Bulgarian

Säbel German

Sabita Rumanian

Sabitza Bulgarian

Sabla Czech

Šabla Slovak

Sabljarka Serbian

Sabrefish English

Shamshir Mahi Persian

Shamshir Mahi Ab Shirin Persian

Skärkniv Swedish

Tschekhon Russian

Classification:

Animalia

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Phylum Chordata

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Class Actinopterygii

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Order Cypriniformes

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Family Cyprinidae

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Genus Pelecus

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Distribution:

Amudar'ya; Aral Sea; Armenia; Afghanistan; Volga; Uzbekistan; Ural; Ukraine; Sweden; Slovakia; Serbia and Montenegro; Sea of Azov; Russian Federation; Romania; Poland; Palearctic; Moldova, Republic of; Mediterranean and Black Sea; Kura; Latvia; Lithuania; Kuban River; Kazakhstan; Iran (Islamic Rep. of); Hungary; Germany, Fed. Rep.; Georgia; Finland; Europe - Inland waters; Eurasia: lower reaches of rivers and brackish waters of eastern Baltic, Black Sea, Caspian Sea and Aral Sea. In Appendix III of the Bern Convention (protected fauna).; Estonia; Danube; Don; Czech Republic; Caspian Sea; Bulgaria; Black Sea; Belarus; Baltic Sea; Azerbaijan; Austria; Asia - Inland waters; Atlantic Ocean; Atlantic, Northeast

Additional data:

Source database:

FishBase, Dec 2008

Latest taxonomic scrutiny:

Data last modified by FishBase 08-May-1998

Online resource:

http://www.fishbase.org/...


CoL taxon LSID:

urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:401b0462-52c2-102c-b3cd-957176fb88b9:ac2009


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