Alosa tanaica

Alosa tanaica, known as the Azov shad or Black Sea shad, is a species of alosid fish endemic to the Ponto-Caspian basin. It is an anadromous species, spawning in the lower reaches of rivers.^[1] It is widespread in the eastern Black Sea, the Kerch Strait and the Sea of Azov.

Alosa tanaica
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[citation needed]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Clupeiformes
Family:	Alosidae
Genus:	Alosa
Species:	A. tanaica
Binomial name
Alosa tanaica (Grimm, 1901)
Synonyms
Clupea tanaica Grimm, 1901 Alosa caspia tanaica (Grimm, 1901) Alosa nordmanni Antipa, 1904 Alosa bulgarica Drensky, 1934 Caspialosa palaeostomica Sadowsky, 1934

The same common names (Black Sea shad, Azov shad) are used also for another species, Alosa maeotica.^[2]