pontica, Clupea Eichwald [C. E. von] 1838:135 [Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou v. 11; ref. 18063] Near Odessa, Ukraine, Black Sea. No types known. Also appeared as new in Eichward 1838:100 [ref. 34622]. •Synonym of Caspialosa kessleri (Grimm 1887), but a valid subspecies -- (Berg 1948:124 [ref. 12882]). •Valid as Alosa pontica (Eichwald 1838) -- (Svetovidov 1973:108 [ref. 7169], Whitehead in Whitehead et al. 1984:272 [ref. 13675], Whitehead 1985:204 [ref. 5141], Hoestlandt 1991:323 [ref. 24825], Kolarov 1991:337 [ref. 24842], Coad 1995:8 [ref. 23608], Vasil'eva 1996:147 [ref. 24890], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:727 [ref. 24702], Dorofeeva 1998:27 [ref. 23573], Coad 1998:102 [ref. 23869], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:35 [ref. 26753], Vassilev & Pehlivanov 2005:163 [ref. 28369]). •Synonym of Alosa immaculata Bennett 1835 -- (Kottelat 1997:38 [ref. 22952], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:34 [ref. 28183], Parin et al. 2014:55 [ref. 33547], Çiçek et al. 2024:40 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Synonym of Alosa immaculata Bennett 1835. Alosidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.