Pontic shad
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The Pontic shad (Alosa immaculata, previously Alosa pontica), also referred to as the Black Sea shad or Kerch shad, is a species of clupeid fish in the genus Alosa, native to the Black Sea and Sea of Azov basins.[2][3]
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Pontic shad | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Clupeiformes |
Family: | Alosidae |
Genus: | Alosa |
Species: | A. immaculata |
Binomial name | |
Alosa immaculata E. T. Bennett, 1835 | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Alosa pontica (Eichwald, 1838) |
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