Alosa maeotica
Alosa maeotica, known as the Black Sea shad or Azov shad, is a species of clupeid fish endemic to the Sea of Azov and the western part of the Black Sea basin. It is found in Bulgaria, Georgia, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Clupeidae |
| Genus: | Alosa |
| Species: | A. maeotica |
| Binomial name | |
| Alosa maeotica (Grimm, 1901) | |
This is one of the several shad species endemic the Ponto-Caspian basin. Note that the same common names (Black Sea shad, Azov shad) are connected also to another species, Alosa tanaica.[1]
Notes
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Alosa tanaica" in FishBase. April 2014 version.
References
- Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. (2008) Alosa maeotica. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3 Downloaded Feb 2015.
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