Animal Diversity Web

Alosa immaculata

Black Sea shad

(Also: Kerch black sea shad; Kerch shad; Pontic shad)

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
        
        Order Clupeiformes
        
        Family Clupeidae (Herrings, shads, sardines, menhadens)
        
        Genus Alosa
        
        Species Alosa immaculata (Black Sea shad)