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Bleaks
''Alburnus'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. They are known commonly as bleaks. A group of species in the genus is known as shemayas. The genus occurs in the western Palearctic realm, and the center of diversity is in Turkey. The genus ''Chalcalburnus'' is now part of ''Alburnus''. Species Currently, 45 recognized species are placed in this genus: * ''Alburnus adanensis'' Fahire Battalgil, Battalgazi, 1944 (Adana bleak) * †''Alburnus akili'' Battalgil, 1942 (Beyşehir bleak) * ''Alburnus albidus'' Oronzio Gabriele Costa, O. G. Costa, 1838 (Italian bleak) * ''Alburnus alburnus'' Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus, 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 1758 (common bleak) * ''Alburnus amirkabiri'' Hamed Mousavi-Sabet, Mousavi-Sabet, Saber Vatandoust, Vatandoust, Somayeh Khataminejad, Khataminejad, Soheil Eagderi, Eagderi, Keivan Abbasi, Abbasi, Manoochehr Nasri, M. Nasri, Arash Jouladeh Roudbar, Jouladeh & Ekaterina Denisovna Vasil'eva, Vasil'eva, 2015 * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyprinidae
Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest vertebrate animal family in general with about 3,000 species, of which only 1,270 remain extant, divided into about 370 genera. Cyprinids range from about 12 mm in size to the giant barb (''Catlocarpio siamensis''). By genus and species count, the family makes up more than two-thirds of the ostariophysian order Cypriniformes. The family name is derived from the Greek word ( 'carp'). Biology and ecology Cyprinids are stomachless fish with toothless jaws. Even so, food can be effectively chewed by the gill rakers of the specialized last gill bow. These pharyngeal teeth allow the fish to make chewing motions against a chewing plate formed by a bony process of the skull. The pharyngeal teeth are unique to each species and are used by scient ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
