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Caspialosa tanaica palaeostomi Sadowsky, 1934
Ambiguous synonym for Alosa caspia (Eichwald, 1838)

  Original name  
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  Current accepted name  
No
  Status  
Ambiguous synonym
  Status details  
questionable, original combination
  Status ref.  
  Comment  
Synonym of A. tanaica, which is considered as a valid species by Kottelat (Ref. 13696).
  Etymology of generic noun  
Composed form Caspian sea + Latin, alausa = a fish cited by Ausonius and Latin, halec = pickle, dealing with the Greek word hals = salt; it is also the old Saxon name for shad = "alli" ; 1591 (Ref. 45335).
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References using the name as accepted
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