Leuciscus aspius (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Leuciscus aspius (Linnaeus, 1758) – Native ( Fig. 253)

Cyprinus aspius Linnaeus [C.] 1758: 325; Type locality: Swedish lakes. No types known.

Cyprinus rapax Leske [N. G.] 1774: 56; Type locality: Lipsiae/ Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany. No types known.

Cyprinus rapax Pallas [P. S.] 1814: 311; Type locality: Volga, Tanais and Borysthenis rivers, and Caman, Occam, and Suram. No types known.

Cyprinus taeniatus Eichwald [C. E. von] 1831: 102; Type locality: Kura River at Mingetschaur, Azerbaijan. No types known.

Aspius rapax Agassiz [L.] 1835: 38; Unneeded new name for Cyprinus aspius Linnaeus 1758 .

Aspius vulgaris Leiblein [V.] 1853: 123; Type locality: Name as Aspius vulgaris Agassiz.

Alburnus iblioides Kessler [K. F.] 1872: 63 [19]; Type locality: Springs at Yany-Kurgan; Syr Darya River, Tajikistan. Syntypes: (2) ZIN 24344 (1).

Aspius rapax var. jaxartensis Kessler [K. F.] 1874: 27; Type locality: Syr-Darya River, central Asia. Syntypes: whereabouts unknown.

Aspius erytrostomus Kessler [K. F.] 1877: 143; Type locality: Aral Sea and lower part of Amu Darya River, Uzbekistan. Syntypes: (many) none found at ZIN.

Aspius linnei Malm [A. W.] 1877: 567; Type locality: Original as Linnéi. Unneeded replacement name for Cyprinus aspius Linnaeus 1758 (to avoid “Strickland tautonomy”).

Aspius transcaucasicus Warpachowski [N. A.] 1896: 29 [7]; Type locality: Lenkoran River and Lake Bussadagny, Azerbaijan. Syntypes: ZIN 10488 (2), 10497–98 (1, 2).

Common name: Pr: Mash, Kasham, En: Asp, European asp.

Diagnosis: Maxilla extending beyond front margin of eye, and sharp keel between pelvic fin and anal fin origins covered by scales. Long shape body, laterally compressed with a long sharp head. Green back with silver to blue tints. Lighter flanks and Silver white belly.

Meristic characters: D: II–III (III) 7–10 (8), A: III–IV (III) 12–16 (13), P: 14–17, V: 7–9, GR: 8–11, LL: 64–76, TV: 50–51.

Distribution: Caspian Sea basin ( Fig. 254). Found in Anzali Wetland and other coastal area of southern Caspian Sea.

Taxonomy: Berg (1949) placed in Aspius but Perea et al. (2010) transferred to Leuciscus .

Conservation: IUCN: Least Concern (under name Aspius aspius ( Freyhof and Kottelat 2008f)) .