Alosa vistonica

Alosa vistonica
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Alosidae
Genus: Alosa
Species:
A. vistonica
Binomial name
Alosa vistonica
Economidis & Sinis, 1986
Synonyms
  • A. caspia vistonica (orig. comb.)
    Economidis & Sinis, 1986

Alosa vistonica the Thracian shad, is an extinct species of shad, a freshwater fish in the family Alosidae. It was endemic to a single shallow lake, Lake Vistonida in northeastern Greece. It was officially declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature in October 2024 as the species has not been recorded within its only known distribution since 1995.

It was likely driven to extinction through pollution sewage and industrial effluents, destruction of spawning sites by agricultural development and increased salinity following the opening of a canal into the sea.