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 caspia (Eichwald, 1838)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Alosa*	Linck, 1790	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Alosa caspia caspia*	(Eichwald, 1838)	synonym
*Clupea caspia*	Eichwald, 1838	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

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

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

Greek: Σαρδελομάνα Κασπίας sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

Polish: puzanek kaspijski sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: rizeafcă sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: каспийско-черноморский пузанок; Пузанок черноморский sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;A.Boltachev & E. Karpova, IBSS NAS Ukraine

Spanish, Castillian: sábalo del Mar Caspio; sábalo del Mar Negro sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: tirsi sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Пузанок чорноморський

Literature

basis of record	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
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 images (Alosa caspia, by FAO)
FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Alosa caspia (Eichwald, 1838). 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:126414

Dr. Jorg Freyhof. Alosa caspia (Eichwald, 1838). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/b5254bae-a45e-4540-84e4-3e7afe175117