nilotica, Clupea Geoffroy St. Hilaire [E.] 1809:[289], Pl. 10 (fig. 1) [Poissons du Nil v. 1 (part 1); ref. 4182] Nile River, Egypt. No types known. Type catalog: Whitehead & Bauchot 1986:39 [ref. 9739]. The page number is from a different edition. •Synonym of Alosa fallax (Lacepède 1803), but a valid subspecies -- (Berg 1948:145 [ref. 12882], Svetovidov 1973:107 [ref. 7169], Whitehead 1985:199 [ref. 5141], Lelek 1987:61 [ref. 22962], Bianco 1988:148 [ref. 22383], Quignard & Douchement 1991:265 [ref. 24829], Mrakovcic et al. 1995:183 [ref. 23079], Kottelat 1997:38 [ref. 22952], Dorofeeva 1998:26 [ref. 23573], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:34 [ref. 26753], Faria et al. 2006:301 [ref. 39548], Vasil'eva 2007:48 [ref. 30517]). •Synonym of Alosa agone (Scopoli 1786) -- (Bianco 2002:62 [ref. 26726], Fricke et al. 2007:25 [ref. 29533]). Current status: Synonym of Alosa agone (Scopoli 1786). Alosidae. Habitat: freshwater.