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Leuciscidae (Minnows) > Pseudaspininae
Etymology: Pseudaspius: Name from Greek 'pseudo-' for 'false' and 'aspius' which refers to the European genus Aspius (synonym of Leuciscus); originated from Greek 'aspis' meaning 'poisonous snake' like 'Egyptian cobra' (Peyman and Jalal, 2011).
Eponymy: Johann Friedrich (Fedor Fedorovich) von Brandt (1802–1879) was a German zoologist, surgeon, pharmacologist and botanist who moved to Russia (1831). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Dybowski.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; anadromous (Ref. 51243). Temperate; 10°C - 24°C (Ref. 13614); 55°N - 34°N, 89°E - 148°E
Northwest Pacific: Pacific coast from the Shantars to Korea and southward to 34°N, in rivers of Sakhalin and Japan, as well as on the Iturup and Kunashir islands.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 50.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1441); max. published weight: 1.5 kg (Ref. 56557); max. reported age: 10 years (Ref. 56527)
Spawns from May to September. Spent adults descend to sea after spawning. Immature specimens occur in the mouths of rivers the whole year round; the young descend to the sea upon attaining a length of 7-9 cm (Ref. 1441).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Reshetnikov, Y.S., N.G. Bogutskaya, E.D. Vasil'eva, E.A. Dorofeeva, A.M. Naseka, O.A. Popova, K.A. Savvaitova, V.G. Sideleva and L.I. Sokolov, 1997. An annotated check-list of the freshwater fishes of Russia. J. Ichthyol. 37(9):687-736. (Ref. 26334)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 2.6 - 18.3, mean 5.3 °C (based on 430 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00955 (0.00437 - 0.02085), b=3.07 (2.88 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.35 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (40 of 100).
