| Valid name | Alosa |
| Synonym | Alosa Linck, 1790 |
| Synonym | Alausa Valenciennes, 1847 = Cl. alosa L., apparently a variant spelling of Alosa). |
| Synonym | Gender: F; Mag. Neuest. Phys. Naturgesch., 6 (3): 35 (no species included) |
| Synonym | Type: Clupea alosa Cuvier, 1829, Regne animal, ed. II, 2: 319. |
| Synonym | Paralosa Bleeker, 1868 and Regan, 1916). |
| Synonym | Clupeonella (not Kessler, 1877, sensu Berg = larvae of one of species of Clupea saposhnikovi Grimm, 1887, group). |
| Synonym | Caspialosa Berg, 1915, Mater. pozn. russ. rybol., 4 (6): 4 (type: Clupea caspia Eichwald, 1838, by orig. design.). |