Alosa tanaica
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.[1] It is widespread in the eastern Black Sea, the Kerch Strait and the Sea of Azov.
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Clupea tanaica Grimm, 1901
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Note that the same common names (Black Sea shad, Azov shad) are connected also to another species, Alosa maeotica.[2]
Footnotes
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Alosa tanaica" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Alosa maeotica" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
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