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Etymology: Pelecus: Greek, pelekys = hatchet (Ref. 45335).
Medioambiente / Clima / Gama
Ecología
; agua dulce; salobre pelágico; anadromo (Ref. 51243); rango de profundidad 20 - ? m (Ref. 9696). Temperate; 10°C - 20°C (Ref. 2059), preferred ?; 63°N - 36°N, 8°E - 73°E
Eurasia: Black Sea, Caspian Sea and Aral Sea basins; Baltic basin from Vistula to Neva drainages, southern Sweden and Finland, Lakes Ladoga and Onega. Occasionally on Baltic coast west of Vistula and on Finnish coast north of 61°N (Ref. 59043). In Appendix III of the Bern Convention (protected fauna).
Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 60.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 556); common length : 25.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 556); peso máximo publicado: 2.0 kg (Ref. 556); edad máxima reportada: 11 años (Ref. 27368)
Mouth oblique. Low wavy lateral line. Belly with a sharp edge (Ref. 35388).
Adults shoal in lower reaches of large rivers and in the eastern Baltic, the Caspian Sea and the Aral Sea. They spawn in spring in midstream (Ref. 9696) and return to estuaries to forage immediately after spawning (Ref. 59043). Juveniles may migrate to estuaries during first summer (Ref. 59043). Feed on zooplankton, terrestrial invertebrates and small fish (Ref. 59043).
Open water egg scatterers.
Muus, B.J. and P. Dahlström, 1968. Süßwasserfische. BLV Verlagsgesellschaft, München. 224 p. (Ref. 556)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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