Freshwater tyulka

Freshwater tyulka
Freshwater tyulka
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Clupeidae
Subfamily: Clupeinae
Genus: Clupeonella
Species: C. tscharchalensis
Binomial name
Clupeonella tscharchalensis
(Borodin, 1896)
Synonyms
  • Clupea cultriventris tscharchalensis Borodin, 1896

Freshwater tyulka, Clupeonella tscharchalensis, is a species of fish in the Clupeidae family. It is found in the Caspian Sea basin, also in the lower riches of the rivers Volga, Ural, Kama. It was introduced to the Don River basin. Freshwater pelagic fish, up to 10 cm maximal length.

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