Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes
Order Clupeiformes Rafinesque, 1810 - herrings
Family Clupeidae Cuvier, 1817 - herrings, shads, sardines and allies
Genus Alosa Garsault, 1764
Alosa alabamae Jordan & Evermann, 1896 - Alabama shad
Alosa alosa (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - Alice shad
Alosa fallax Lacépède, 1800 - shad
Alosa macedonica (Vinciguerra, 1921) - liparia
Alosa maeotica (Grimm, 1901) - Black Sea shad
Alosa pontica (Eichwald, 1838) - Black Sea shad