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 tanaica (Grimm, 1901)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Alosa*	Linck, 1790	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Clupea tanaica*	Grimm, 1901	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

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

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

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

Russian: пузанок sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Ukrainian: Чорноморський пузанок

Literature

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 tanaica, Romania, by Otel, V.)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Alosa tanaica (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:272256

Dr. Jorg Freyhof. Alosa tanaica (Grimm, 1901). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/f65e7bdc-5360-42ac-8288-728425421506