''Alburnus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

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 The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sib ...

, and the center of diversity is in

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...

. The genus ''Chalcalburnus'' is now part of ''Alburnus''.

Species

Currently, 45 recognized species are placed in this genus: Alburnus arborella

* '' Alburnus adanensis'' Battalgazi, 1944 (Adana bleak) * †'' Alburnus akili'' Battalgil, 1942 (Beyşehir bleak) * '' Alburnus albidus'' O. G. Costa, 1838 (Italian bleak) * '' Alburnus alburnus''

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...

, 1758 (common bleak) * '' Alburnus amirkabiri'' Mousavi-Sabet, Vatandoust, Khataminejad, Eagderi, Abbasi, M. Nasri, Jouladeh & Vasil'eva, 2015 * '' Alburnus arborella'' Bonaparte, 1841 * '' Alburnus atropatenae'' L. S. Berg, 1925 * '' Alburnus attalus'' Özuluğ & Freyhof, 2007 (Bakır shemaya) * '' Alburnus baliki'' Bogutskaya, Küçük & Ünlü, 2000 (Antalya bleak) * '' Alburnus battalgilae'' Özuluğ & Freyhof, 2007 (Gediz shemaya) * ''

Alburnus belvica ''Alburnus belvica''. the Prespa bleak, is a species of Actinopterygii, ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae, that can be found in Lake Prespa and the nearby Small Prespa Lake in the Balkans. In North Macedonia it is known as (). It is threa ...

Karaman Karaman, historically known as Laranda (Greek: Λάρανδα), is a city in south central Turkey, located in Central Anatolia, north of the Taurus Mountains, about south of Konya. It is the capital district of the Karaman Province. According t ...

, 1924 * '' Alburnus caeruleus'' Heckel, 1843 (black-spotted bleak) * '' Alburnus carinatus'' Battalgil, 1941 (Manyas shemaya) * '' Alburnus chalcoides'' Güldenstädt, 1772 (Danube bleak) * †''

Alburnus danubicus ''Alburnus danubicus'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus '' Alburnus''. It was known from coastal lakes in Romania and River Danube in Romania and Bulgaria. It is extinct and has not been recorded since 1943. In 2019, a somewhat myster ...

'' Antipa, 1909 * '' Alburnus demiri'' Özuluğ & Freyhof, 2008 (eastern Aegean bleak) * '' Alburnus derjugini'' L. S. Berg, 1923 (Georgian shemaya) * '' Alburnus doriae'' De Filippi, 1865 * '' Alburnus escherichii'' Steindachner, 1897 (Sakarya bleak) * '' Alburnus filippii'' Kessler, 1877 (Kura bleak) * '' Alburnus heckeli'' Battalgil, 1943 (Hazar bleak) * '' Alburnus hohenackeri'' Kessler, 1877 (North Caucasian bleak) * '' Alburnus istanbulensis'' Battalgil, 1941 * ''

Alburnus kotschyi The Arsuz bleak (''Alburnus kotschyi'') is a species of freshwater cyprinid fish found in rivers draining into the Gulf of İskenderun, including the Seyhan River and Ceyhan River in Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republ ...

'' Steindachner, 1863 (Arsuz bleak) * '' Alburnus leobergi'' Freyhof & Kottelat, 2007 * '' Alburnus macedonicus''

, 1928 * '' Alburnus mandrensis'' Drensky, 1943 * ''

Alburnus mento ''Alburnus mento'' is a species of freshwater fish, a bleak in the family Leuciscidae. Its distribution is in subalpine lakes in Germany and Austria. Previously, the concept of ''A. mento'' was broader, and its distribution was thought to be ...

'' Heckel, 1837 * '' Alburnus mentoides'' Kessler, 1859 * '' Alburnus mossulensis'' Heckel, 1843 (Mossul bleak) * '' Alburnus nasreddini'' Battalgil, 1943 * '' Alburnus neretvae'' Buj, Šanda &

Perea Perea or Peraea (Greek: Περαία, " the country beyond") was the portion of the kingdom of Herod the Great occupying the eastern side of the Jordan River valley, from about one third the way down the Jordan River segment connecting the Sea ...

, 2010 * †'' Alburnus nicaeensis'' Battalgil, 1941 (İznik shemaya) * ''

Alburnus orontis ''Alburnus orontis'', also known as the Orontes bleak or Orontes spotted bleak, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae, that can be found in Syria and Turkey in the drainage basin of the Orontes River. Its natural habitats ar ...

'' Sauvage, 1882 * ''

Alburnus qalilus ''Alburnus qalilus'', the Syrian spotted bleak, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae, that is endemic to three rivers in Syria; the Nahr al-Kabir al-Janoubi The Nahr al-Kabir, also known in Syria as al-Nahr al-Kabir al-Jan ...

'' Krupp, 1992 * '' Alburnus sarmaticus'' Freyhof & Kottelat, 2007 * '' Alburnus schischkovi'' Drensky, 1943 (Black Sea bleak) * '' Alburnus scoranza'' Heckel & Kner, 1858 * ''

Alburnus selcuklui ''Alburnus selcuklui'' is a species of Actinopterygii, ray-finned fish in the genus ''Alburnus'' from the headwaters of the Tigris in eastern Anatolia, Turkey. References

Alburnus, selcuklui Taxa named by Müfit Özuluǧ Fish described i ...

'' M. Elp, F. Şen & Özuluğ, 2015 * '' Alburnus sellal'' Heckel, 1843 (Sellal bleak) * '' Alburnus tarichi'' Güldenstädt, 1814 * '' Alburnus thessalicus'' Stephanidis, 1950 * '' Alburnus timarensis'' Kuru, 1980 * '' Alburnus vistonicus'' Freyhof & Kottelat, 2007 * '' Alburnus volviticus'' Freyhof & Kottelat, 2007 * '' Alburnus zagrosensis'' Coad, 2009

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q1088873 Cyprinidae genera Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque Taxonomy articles created by Polbot