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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Actinopterygii > Order: Clupeiformes > Family: Clupeidae > Genus: Alosa > Species: Alosa immaculata

Black Sea herring - Alosa immaculata Bennett, 1835

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Vulnerable (IUCN)
Protected by	EU Habitats Directive and 2 other international agreements
Natura 2000 sites	50 are designated for this species
Most preferred habitats	rivers and lakes wetlands
Natura 2000 species code	4125

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Vulnerable

Europe

Vulnerable

Endangered

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

Conservation status assesses every six years and for each biogeographical region the condition of habitats and species compared to the favourable status as described in the Habitats Directive. The map shows the 2013-2018 assessments as reported by EU Member State. Assessments are further detailed in the summary document available behind the link below.

Good: the species is viable and maintaining itself on a long-term basis, its natural range is not reduced, and it has a sufficient large habitat.
Poor: the species is not as critical as being unfavourable-bad, but still requires significant conservation and restoration measure to make it viable in the long-term, or to enlarged its current range, or to improve the quality and availability of its habitat.
Bad: the species is either not maintaining itself on a long-term basis and is not viable, or its natural range as been or is being drastically reduced, or its habitat is largely insufficient; the species requires major conservation and restoration measures.
Unknown: the information available for the species is scarce and does not allow a proper assessment of its conservation status.

Natura 2000 sites

Protected in the following Natura 2000 sites

Sitecode	Country	Site name	Action
ROSCI0131	Romania	Oltenița - Mostiștea - Chiciu	Map
BG0000396	Bulgaria	Persina	Map
BG0000232	Bulgaria	Batin	Map
BG0000533	Bulgaria	Ostrovi Kozloduy	Map
BG0000534	Bulgaria	Ostrov Chayka	Map
BG0001007	Bulgaria	Strandzha	Map
BG0000241	Bulgaria	Srebarna	Map
ROSCI0044	Romania	Corabia - Turnu Măgurele	Map
ROSCI0006	Romania	Balta Mică a Brăilei	Map
BG0000377	Bulgaria	Kalimok - Brashlen	Map
BG0000335	Bulgaria	Karaboaz	Map
BG0000199	Bulgaria	Tsibar	Map
BG0000613	Bulgaria	Reka Iskar	Map
BG0000532	Bulgaria	Ostrov Bliznatsi	Map
ROSCI0039	Romania	Ciuperceni - Desa	Map
BG0000497	Bulgaria	Archar	Map
ROSCI0094	Romania	Izvoarele sulfuroase submarine de la Mangalia	Map
ROSCI0273	Romania	Zona marină de la Capul Tuzla	Map
ROSCI0269	Romania	Vama Veche - 2 Mai	Map
BG0000182	Bulgaria	Orsoya	Map
ROSCI0066	Romania	Delta Dunării - zona marină	Map
BG0002018	Bulgaria	Ostrov Vardim	Map
BG0000334	Bulgaria	Ostrov	Map
ROSCI0065	Romania	Delta Dunării	Map
BG0000614	Bulgaria	Reka Ogosta	Map
BG0000146	Bulgaria	Plazh Gradina - Zlatna ribka	Map
ROSCI0088	Romania	Gura Vedei - Șaica - Slobozia	Map
BG0000610	Bulgaria	Reka Yantra	Map
ROSCI0045	Romania	Coridorul Jiului	Map
BG0000530	Bulgaria	Pozharevo - Garvan	Map
ROSCI0022	Romania	Canaralele Dunării	Map
BG0001001	Bulgaria	Ropotamo	Map
BG0000621	Bulgaria	Ezero Shabla - Ezerets	Map
BG0000574	Bulgaria	Aheloy - Ravda - Nesebar	Map
BG0000529	Bulgaria	Marten - Ryahovo	Map
BG0000620	Bulgaria	Pomorie	Map
ROSCI0197	Romania	Plaja submersă Eforie Nord - Eforie Sud	Map
BG0000154	Bulgaria	Ezero Durankulak	Map
BG0000103	Bulgaria	Galata	Map
BG0000100	Bulgaria	Plazh Shkorpilovtsi	Map
BG0000116	Bulgaria	Kamchia	Map
BG0001004	Bulgaria	Emine - Irakli	Map
BG0000573	Bulgaria	Kompleks Kaliakra	Map
ROSCI0281	Romania	Cap Aurora	Map
ROSCI0293	Romania	Costinesti - 23 August	Map
BG0000631	Bulgaria	Novo selo	Map
BG0001500	Bulgaria	Aladzha banka	Map
BG0001502	Bulgaria	Otmanli	Map
BG0001501	Bulgaria	Emona	Map
ROSCI0413	Romania	Lobul sudic al Câmpului de Phyllophora al lui Zernov	Map

Protected sites

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Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	Conditions	More information
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007 (EU Habitats Directive)	Annex II: animal and plant species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation. (Alosa pontica)	Not mentioned as such in the Directive but as higher taxon (genus, family or order)	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
	Annex II: animal and plant species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation. (Alosa spp.)
	Annex V: animal and plant species of community interest whose taking in the wild and exploitation may be subject to management measures. (Alosa pontica)	Not mentioned as such in the Directive but as higher taxon (genus, family or order)
	Annex V: animal and plant species of community interest whose taking in the wild and exploitation may be subject to management measures. (Alosa spp.)
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex III: protected fauna species (Alosa pontica)		http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp
	Revised Annex I of Resolution 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention listing the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures (year of revision 2011)		https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention lists the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming for the Emerald network]

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Alosa pontica	Spanish	Fishbase
Alose	French	Fishbase
Alose de la mer Noire	French	Fishbase
Black Sea herring	English	Fishbase
Black Sea shad	English	Fishbase
Chernomorskaya seld	Russian	Fishbase
Chernomorsko-azovskaya sel'd'	Russian	Fishbase
Donauhering	German	Fishbase
Dunavska skumriya	Bulgarian	Fishbase
Karagyoz	Bulgarian	Fishbase
Kerch black sea shad	English	Fishbase
Kerch shad	English	Fishbase
Pontic shad	English	Fishbase
Sábalo del Mar Negro	Spanish	Fishbase
Sável-do-Mar Negro	Portuguese	Fishbase
Scrumbie de Dunare	Romanian	Fishbase
Sledz czarnomorski	Polish	Fishbase

Synonym	Author
Alosa pontica	(Eichwald 1838)
Alosa spp.

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
FishBase	FishBase
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia
WoRMS	World Register of Marine Species

External data

No external data sets available for this species

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