Alosa tanaica
| Alosa tanaica | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Clupeidae |
| Genus: | Alosa |
| Species: | A. tanaica |
| Binomial name | |
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Alosa tanaica (Grimm, 1901) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Clupea tanaica Grimm, 1901 |
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Clupea tanaica Grimm, 1901
Alosa caspia tanaica (Grimm, 1901)
Alosa nordmanni Antipa, 1904
Alosa bulgarica Drensky, 1934
Caspialosa palaeostomica Sadowsky, 1934
Alosa tanaica, called in English 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. It is widespread in the eastern Black Sea, the Kerch Strait and the Sea of Azov.
Note that the same common names (Black Sea shad, Azov shad) are connected also to another species, Alosa maeotica.
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