Alosa tanaica

Alosa tanaica, known as the Azov shad or Black Sea shad, is a species of clupeid fish endemic to the Ponto-Caspian basin. It is an anadromous species, spawning in the lower reaches of rivers.[1] It is widespread in the eastern Black Sea, the Kerch Strait and the Sea of Azov.

Alosa tanaica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Alosidae
Genus: Alosa
Species:
A. tanaica
Binomial name
Alosa tanaica
(Grimm, 1901)
Synonyms
  • Clupea tanaica Grimm, 1901
  • Alosa caspia tanaica (Grimm, 1901)
  • Alosa nordmanni Antipa, 1904
  • Alosa bulgarica Drensky, 1934
  • Caspialosa palaeostomica Sadowsky, 1934

The same common names (Black Sea shad, Azov shad) are used also for another species, Alosa maeotica.[2]

References
  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Alosa tanaica" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Alosa maeotica" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
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