tanaica, Clupea Grimm [O. von] 1901:67 [Vestnik Rybopromyshlennosti St. Petersburg v. 16 (no. 2); ref. 18161] Don River near Rostov-na-Donu, Russia. Lectotype: ZIN 16115 (1 of 2, 147 mm) [not 16125]. Paralectotypes: ZIN 16115 (1 of 2), 16126 (6). Lectotype selected by Svetovidov 1952:235 [ref. 21481]. Name spelled tanais by Pavlov 1959:106, 107 [ref. 22963] with author as Eichwald. •Synonym of Caspialosa caspia (Eichwald 1838), but a valid subspecies -- (Berg 1948:135 [ref. 12882]). •Synonym of Alosa caspia (Eichwald 1838), but a valid subspecies -- (Svetovidov 1973:107 [ref. 7169], Whitehead 1985:197 [ref. 5141], Mogil'chenko 1991:181 [ref. 24826], Vasil'eva 1996:147 [ref. 24890], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:727 [ref. 24702], Dorofeeva 1998:25 [ref. 23573], Parin et al. 2014:53 [ref. 33547]). •Valid as Alosa tanaica (Grimm 1901) -- (Kottelat 1997:40 [ref. 22952], Bogutskaya et al. 2001:43 [ref. 26178], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:35 [ref. 26753], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:35 [ref. 28183], Fricke et al. 2007:26 [ref. 29533], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:73 [ref. 29996], Ninua & Japoshvili 2008:164 [ref. 31251], Çiçek et al. 2015:143 [ref. 35151], Artüz & Fricke 2019:553 [ref. 36612], Çiçek et al. 2020:243 [ref. 37644], Dyldin et al. 2020:80 [ref. 37569], Kuljanishvili et al. 2020:[4] [ref. 37535], Abliazov et al. 2021:8 [ref. 38576], Dyldin et al. 2022:[15] [ref. 39193], Niță et al. 2022:40 [ref. 40471], Çiçek et al. 2023:332 [ref. 40625]). Current status: Valid as Alosa tanaica (Grimm 1901). Alosidae. Distribution: Black Sea, Sea of Azov, Sea of Marmara and adjacent watersheds. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.