Sichel
📖 Overview
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 and return to estuaries to forage immediately after spawning . Juveniles may migrate to estuaries during first summer . Adults feed on zooplankton, terrestrial invertebrates and small fish .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Mouth oblique. Low wavy lateral line. Belly with a sharp edge .: fusiform / normal.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Sichel is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Sichel is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Open water egg scatterers.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; brackish; pelagic; anadromous ; depth range 20 - ? m . Temperate; 10°C - 20°C ; 63°N - 36°N, 8°E - 73°E west of Vistula and on Finnish coast north of 61°N (Ref.
🌿 Ecology
zooplankton, terrestrial invertebrates and small fish (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Knife · Razorfish · Sabrefish · Ziege · razor fish · sichel |
| 🌍BAK | Ҡылыс балыҡ |
| 🌍BEL | Чахонь |
| 🌍BUL | sabbitza · sabitza · sаbitsа · Сабица |
| 🏳️Catalan | Pelecus cultratus |
| 🌍CES | Ostrucha krivocará |
| 🇩🇰Danish | Sabelkarpe |
| 🇩🇪German | Dünnbauch · Messerfisch · Messerkarpf · Sichelfisch · Sichling · Säbel · Ziege |
| 🌍EST | Nugakala |
| 🌍FAS | تیغماهی |
| 🇫🇮Finnish | Miekkasärki |
| 🇫🇷French | Pélèque sabre |
| 🇭🇺Hungarian | Garda |
| 🇮🇹Italian | chekhon |
| 🌍KAT | ჩეხონი |
| 🌍LAV | Kaze |
| 🌍LIT | Paprastoji vandens ožka · Vandens ožka · ožka |
| 🇳🇱Dutch | Ziege |
| 🌍NOB | sabelkarpe |
| 🇳🇴Norwegian | Sabelkarpe |
| 🇵🇱Polish | Ciosa |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Peixe-sabre |
| 🌍RON | Sabita |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Чехонь обыкновенная · сабля-рыба · чехонь |
| 🌍SLK | šabľa krivočiara |
| 🌍SLV | sabljarka |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | peleco |
| 🌍SRP | Sabljarka · Сабљарка |
| 🇸🇪Swedish | Skärkniv |
| 🌍TAT | Кәлчәк |
| 🌍UKR | Чехоня · Чехоня звичайна |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clupea ziga | Wulff | 1765 | Synonym |
| Cyprinus cultratus | Linnaeus | 1758 | Homotypic |
| Pelecus cultratus hurensis | Smirnov | 1943 | Synonym |
| Salmo microps | Hardin | 1862 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 7 records indexed .
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