maeotica, Clupea Grimm [O. von] 1901:67 [Vestnik Rybopromyshlennosti St. Petersburg v. 16 (no. 2); ref. 18161] Kerch Strait, between Black and Azov seas. Neotype: ZIN 32230 (25.7 mm, 1 of 50). Neotype designated by Svetovidov 1952:255, footnote [ref. 21481]. •Synonym of Caspialosa brashnikovi [braschnikowi] of later date -- (Berg 1948:119 [ref. 12882]). •Synonym of Alosa pontica (Eichwald 1838) -- (Svetovidov 1973:108 [ref. 7169]). •Valid as Alosa maeotica (Grimm 1901) -- (Whitehead 1985:202 [ref. 5141], Kolarov 1991:309 [ref. 24842], Kottelat 1997:39 [ref. 22952], Vasil'eva 1996:147 [ref. 24890], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:727 [ref. 24702], Dorofeeva 1998:25 [ref. 23573], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:35 [ref. 26753], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:34 [ref. 28183], Vassilev & Pehlivanov 2005:163 [ref. 28369], Fricke et al. 2007:26 [ref. 29533], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:72 [ref. 29996], Vasil'eva 2007:49 [ref. 30517], Parin et al. 2014:55 [ref. 33547], Çiçek et al. 2015:143 [ref. 35151], Artüz & Fricke 2019:553 [ref. 36612], Çiçek et al. 2020:243 [ref. 37644], Kuljanishvili et al. 2020:[4] [ref. 37535], Dyldin et al. 2022:[15] [ref. 39193], Niță et al. 2022:41 [ref. 40471], Çiçek et al. 2023:332 [ref. 40625], Çiçek et al. 2024:41 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Alosa maeotica (Grimm 1901). Alosidae. Distribution: Black Sea, Sea of Azov and adjacent watersheds. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.