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

Alosa Linck, 1790

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Alosa algeriensis Regan, 1916
Alosa alosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Alosa caspia (Eichwald, 1838)
Alosa fallax (Lacepède, 1803)
Alosa immaculata Bennett, 1835
Alosa kessleri (Grimm, 1887)
Alosa killarnensis Regan, 1916
Alosa macedonica (Vinciguerra, 1921)
Alosa maeotica (Grimm, 1901)
Alosa tanaica (Grimm, 1901)
Alosa vistonica Economidis & Sinis, 1986
Alosa volgensis (Berg, 1913)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

French: alose sources: (1996). Koninklijk besluit houdende reglementering van de benamingen van visserijprodukten en verwerkte visserijprodukten. Belgisch staatsblad 07-08-1996.

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

Italian: alose sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

Slovenian: Čepe sources: Davorin Tome

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

Ukrainian: Прохідний оселедець

Literature

original description	Linck, H.F. (1790). Versuch einer Eintheilung der Fische nach den Zähnen. Mag. Neuste Phys. Naturgesch. Gotha 6(3): 28-38.
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
taxonomy source	Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.

Genbank

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Alosa Linck, 1790. 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:125715

Dr. Jorg Freyhof. Alosa Linck, 1790. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/04ef7858-9d25-4420-b7f9-0617f2f1a24f