Alosa tanaica (Grimm, 1901)

Iftime, Alexandru & Oţel, Vasile, 2025, An annotated systematical checklist of the Romanian ichthyofauna, Zootaxa 5654 (1), pp. 1-64 : 8

Alosa tanaica (Grimm, 1901)

A native anadromous species, found along all Romanian Black Sea waters and ascending the Danube and the Prut; also in the Razim lagoon system ( Bănărescu 1969; Oțel 2007; Radu et al. 2008; Yankova et al. 2014; Țoțoiu et al. 2018; Cocan & MireȘan 2018; Maximov et al. 2019; Năstase et al. 2022; Niță et al. 2022; Dyldin et al. 2022; Năstase & Năvodaru 2023).

Alosa immaculata and A. tanaica and A. maeotica are poorly distinguished from each other ( Faria et al. 2006; Mezhzherin et al. 2009; Mezhzherin & Vernygora 2013; Faria et al. 2012; Vernygora et al. 2018; Orlova et al. 2024) and more research is needed to test if these are conspecific as suggested by Mezhzherin et al. (2009), or valid but subtly different species.