''Alosa curensis'', the Kura shad, is one of the species of

clupeid Clupeidae is a family of ray-finned fishes, comprising, for instance, the herrings, shads, sardines, hilsa, and menhadens. The clupeoids include many of the most important food fishes in the world, and are also commonly caught for production of f ...

fish endemic to the

Caspian Sea The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, often described as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. An endorheic basin, it lies between Europe and Asia; east of the Caucasus, west of the broad steppe of Central Asia ...

basin. It is found in the southwestern part of the brackish sea-lake, near the mouth of the Kura River,

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. But generally this is a poorly known species.

References

curensis Fish of the Caspian Sea Fish described in 1907 {{Clupeiformes-stub