Alosa tanaica

Alosa tanaica
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[citation needed]
Scientific 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 ;

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.

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

References

^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Alosa tanaica". FishBase.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Alosa maeotica". FishBase.

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[1] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Alosa tanaica". FishBase.

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Alosa maeotica". FishBase.

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