delicatula, Clupea Nordmann [A. von] 1840:524 [Voyage dans la Russie méridionale et la Crimée; ref. 3209] Black Sea [ = Odessa, Ukraine]. Lectotype: ZIN 2254. Paralectotypes: ZIN 2254 (5 of 6). Lectotype selected by Svetovidov 1952. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Clupea delicatula Bennett 1831. •Wrongly treated as valid -- (Berg 1948:161 [ref. 12882]). •Synonym of Clupeonella cultriventris (Nordmann 1840) -- (Svetovidov 1973:101 [ref. 7169], Whitehead in Whitehead et al. 1984:274 [ref. 13675], Whitehead 1985:52 [ref. 5141], Hoestlandt 1991:53 [ref. 24825], Heckman 1991:71 [ref. 24828], Coad 1995:8 [ref. 23608], Kottelat 1997:41 [ref. 22952], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:728 [ref. 24702], Dorofeeva 1998:29 [ref. 23573], Bogutskaya et al. 2001:43 [ref. 26178], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:36 [ref. 26753], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:37 [ref. 28183], Parin et al. 2014:58 [ref. 33547]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Clupea cultriventris (Nordmann 1840). Clupeidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.