CYPRINID FISHES (CYPRINIDAE) OF UKRAINIAN WATER BODIES - V. V. Zamorov - 2015

GENUS SPRAT (ALBURNOIDES JEITTELES)

Body moderately elongated, laterally compressed. Pharyngeal Teeth biserial, smooth, non-serrated, predominantly 2.5-4.2 or 2.5-5.2, elongated at the tip into a noticeable hook and never obliquely truncated. Molar plate trilobed, Heart-shaped. Gill rakers short, sparsely distributed or, as in A. taeniatus, long. A dark double stripe runs along the lateral line. Scales of medium size (39-62), thin, easily shedding. There is no groove on the back in front of the dorsal fin. A keel is present behind the pelvic fins, usually naked up to the anal opening, though sometimes the entire keel, except for its posterior part, is scaled. Dorsal fin short, with III 7-10 rays; anal fin elongated, with III 9-18 rays.

Four species are known in Europe, Asia Minor, the Caucasus, Northern Iran, and Central Asia. Three species are found in the Water bodies of Ukraine.



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