vulgaris, Alausa Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:391, Pl. 604 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 20; ref. 1012] Paris market, presumeably Seine River, France. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-3676. Paralectotypes: MNHN 0000-3133 (1), 0000-3398 (1), 0000-5434 (1); referred to different species by Whitehead & Bauchot: MNHN 0000-3134 (2), 0000-3163 (1), 0000-3395 (7), 0000-3396 (1), 0000-3397 (3), 0000-3677 and 0000-3680 (1, 1, 1, 1), 0000-3682 (3), 0000-3683 (2), 0000-3750 (1), 0000-3752 (1), 0000-6263 (1). Type catalog: Bertin 1940:279-280 [ref. 293], Whitehead & Bauchot 1986:9-10 [ref. 9739]. Lectotype selected by Whitehead 1967:78 [ref. 6464]. •Valid as Alausa vulgaris (Valenciennes 1847) -- (Herrera 1896:27 [ref. 39336] with author as Cuvier). •Synonym of Alosa alosa (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Svetovidov 1973:105 [ref. 7169], Poll et al. 1984:41 [ref. 6172], Whitehead 1985:194 [ref. 5141], Whitehead 1990:208 [ref. 14039], Quignard & Douchement 1991:89 [ref. 24829], Kottelat 1997:37 [ref. 22952], Dorofeeva 1998:24 [ref. 23573]). Current status: Synonym of Alosa alosa (Linnaeus 1758). Alosidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.