Biology:Alosa maeotica

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Alosa maeotica
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Alosidae
Genus: Alosa
Species:
A. maeotica
Binomial name
Alosa maeotica
(Grimm, 1901)

Alosa maeotica, known as the Black Sea shad or Azov shad, is a species of clupeid fish endemic to the Sea of Azov and the western part of the Black Sea basin. It is found in Bulgaria, Georgia, Moldova, Romania, Russia , Turkey, and Ukraine .

This is one of the several shad species endemic the Ponto-Caspian basin. Note that the same common names (Black Sea shad, Azov shad) are connected also to another species, Alosa tanaica.[2]

Notes

  1. Freyhof, J.; Kottelat, M. (2008). "Alosa maeotica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T906A13093182. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T906A13093182.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/906/13093182. Retrieved 16 November 2021. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Alosa tanaica" in FishBase. April 2014 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q301393 entry