caspia, Clupea Eichwald [C. E. von] 1838:134 [Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou v. 11; ref. 18063] Caspian Sea. Type illustrated in Berg 1948:137 [ref. 12882]. Also appeared as new in Eichward 1838:99 [ref. 34622]. See also Dorofeeva 1998:29 [ref. 23573] •Valid as Caspialosa caspia (Eichwald 1838) -- (Berg 1948:137 [ref. 12882]). •Valid as Alosa caspia (Eichwald 1838), with subspecies -- (Svetovidov 1973:106 [ref. 7169], Whitehead in Whitehead et al. 1984:270 [ref. 13675], Whitehead 1985:197 [ref. 5141], Hoestlandt 1991:127 [ref. 24825], Heckman 1991:135 [ref. 24828], Coad 1995:8 [ref. 23608], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:727 [ref. 24702], Coad 1998:102 [ref. 23869], Bogutskaya et al. 2001:43 [ref. 26178], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:33 [ref. 28183], Faria et al. 2006:301 [ref. 39548], Fricke et al. 2007:26 [ref. 29533], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:67 [ref. 29996], Vasil'eva 2007:47 [ref. 30517], Esmaeili et al. 2010:366 [ref. 33391], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:859 [ref. 34062], Çiçek et al. 2015:143 [ref. 35151], Esmaeili et al. 2017:27 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:8 [ref. 36089], Dyldin et al. 2020:79 [ref. 37569], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:22 [ref. 37983], Kaya et al. 2020:328 [ref. 37582], Kuljanishvili et al. 2020:[4] [ref. 37535], Dyldin et al. 2022:[14] [ref. 39193], Çiçek et al. 2023:331 [ref. 40625], Çiçek et al. 2024:38 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Alosa caspia (Eichwald 1838). Alosidae. Distribution: Eurasia: Caspian Sea basin. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.