Alosa maeotica — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Clupeiformes/Clupeidae/Alosa

At a glance

Occurrence records93

Data sources8

Biological traits9

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Alosa maeotica's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation9 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility92 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System1 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements2 literature sources9 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS93 records

01Narrative

Alosa maeotica, known as the Black Sea shad or Azov shad, is a species of clupeid fish endemic to the Sea of Azov and the western part of the Black Sea basin. It is found in Bulgaria, Georgia, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine. This is one of the several shad species endemic the Ponto-Caspian basin. Note that the same common names (Black Sea shad, Azov shad) are connected also to another species, Alosa tanaica.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAnAgeFishBase

Size & morphology2

Body length33.2 cm

Body mass332 g

Life cycle & reproduction1

Max. longevity72 months

Habitat & environment4

Habitat brackishyes

Habitat freshwateryes

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonepelagic-neritic

Uses & economy1

Commercial importanceminor commercial

Other traits1

Vulnerability23.8

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type93 records

Wild obs. + sensor89

Museum / vouchered4

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO60 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 82≤1 km 7

89 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor89

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy33% within 1 km

≤1 km 1>10 km 2

3 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence4

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions2 of 2 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Cambridge, US	1
Bonn, DE	1

2 institutions · 2 of 4 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code