Animalia > Chordata > Cypriniformes > Cyprinidae > Pelecus > Pelecus cultratus

Pelecus cultratus (Sabre carp; Sichel; Ziege; Sabrefish; Razorfish; Knife)

Synonyms: Clupea ziga; Cyprinus cultratus (homotypic); Salmo microps
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Wikipedia Abstract

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. This fish has no major threats and the IUCN lists it as being of "Least Concern".
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Infraspecies

Cyprinus cultratus var. cultratus
Pelecus cultratus cultratus
Pelecus cultratus kurensis

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  2.425 lbs (1.10 kg)
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Vertebrates)
Female Maturity [3]  4 years
Male Maturity [1]  3 years
Maximum Longevity [3]  11 years
Migration [4]  Anadromous

Protected Areas

Prey / Diet

Boiga dendrophila (Gold-ringed Cat Snake, Mangrove Snake)[5]
Clupea harengus (Yawling)[5]
Diaphanosoma mongolianum[6]
Osmerus eperlanus (European smelt)[5]
Sander lucioperca (Pike-perch)[5]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Alburnus alburnus (Bleak)1

Predators

Sander lucioperca (Pike-perch)[5]

Consumers

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 2Grenouillet, G. & Schmidt-Kloiber., A.; 2006; Fish Indicator Database. Euro-limpacs project, Workpackage 7 - Indicators of ecosystem health, Task 4, www.freshwaterecology.info, version 5.0 (accessed on July 3, 2012).
♦ 3Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
♦ 4Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 5Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 6Predator-prey relationships within the pelagic community of Neusiedler See, Alois Herzig, Hydrobiologia, Volume 275-276, Number 1 / February, 1994, pages 81-96
♦ 7Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0