volgensis, Clupeonella caspia Berg [L. S.] (ex Meissner) 1913:34, Pl. 5 [Materialy k' Poznaniju russkago rybolovstva, G.U.Z.iZ., Department' Zemledelija v. 2 (no. 3); ref. 14941] Podovskaya tonya near Cherny Yar, mouth of Volga River, Russia. Lectotype: ZIN 15926. Paralectotypes: ZIN 17377 (2), 17410 (1), 17373-74 (2, 1), 17376 (1). Lectotype selected by Svetovidov 1952:292 [ref. 21481]. •Synonym of Caspialosa kessleri (Grimm 1887) -- (Berg 1948:130 [ref. 12882]). •In genus Alosa based on placement of kessleri by Svetovidov 1973 [ref. 7169]. •Synonym of Alosa pontica (Eichwald 1838), but a valid subspecies -- (Heckman 1991:369 [ref. 24828]). •Synonym of Alosa kessleri (Grimm 1887), but a valid subspecies -- (Whitehead 1985:201 [ref. 5141], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:727 [ref. 24702], Dorofeeva 1998:26 [ref. 23573]). •Valid as Alosa volgensis (Berg 1913) -- (Bogutskaya et al. 2001:43 [ref. 26178], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:35 [ref. 28183], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:74 [ref. 29996], Esmaeili et al. 2010:366 [ref. 33391], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:859 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:29 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:9 [ref. 36089], Dyldin et al. 2020:80, 103 [ref. 37569], Dyldin et al. 2022:[15] [ref. 39193], Çiçek et al. 2024:42 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Alosa volgensis (Berg 1913). Alosidae. Distribution: Eurasia: Caspian Sea basin. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.