Pelecus cultratus
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| Genus: | Pelecus Agassiz, 1835
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| Species: | P. cultratus
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Pelecus cultratus, known variously as the sichel, the ziege, the sabre carp or sabrefish, is a species of cyprinid fish from an Eastern Europe and adjacent Asian regions. It is the only species of its genus.
This species inhabits lower reaches of rivers and brackish waters of eastern Baltic, Black, Caspian and Aral Sea basins.
It can be found in waters of the Baltic states and Eastern Europe.[3] It can also be found in other european and asian countries such as Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Sweden, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.
This fish is typically 25 cm long, but may grow up to 60 cm.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Pelecus cultratus" in FishBase. April 2012 version.
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- ^ Nicholas Bailly (2009). Nicolas Bailly (ed.). "Pelecus cultratus (Linnaeus, 1758)". World Database of Marine Pisces. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved March 12, 2010.
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