Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Clupeiformes > Family Alosidae > Genus Alosa

Alosa maeotica (Grimm, 1901)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Alosa*	Linck, 1790	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Clupea maeotica*	Grimm, 1901	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bulgarian: blech; Блеч sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: Black Sea shad sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

German: Kerchen-Maifisch sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: alosa del mar Nero sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: kerčės perpelė sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: śledź azowski sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: scrumbie albă de mare sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: Сельдь черноморско-азовская морская; черноморско-азовская морская сельдь sources: A.Boltachev & E. Karpova, IBSS NAS Ukraine;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: ringa baligi; ringa balığı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Керченський оселедець; Оселедець керченський; Оселедець чорноморсько-азовський морський

Literature

basis of record	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase
FishBase images (Alosa maeotica, by FAO)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Alosa maeotica (Grimm, 1901). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272253

Dr. Jorg Freyhof. Alosa maeotica (Grimm, 1901). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/c1c652b0-f8ff-4813-a4d6-0498c58f8b06