''Alburnus'' is a

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of fish in the family

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 verte ...

, 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-Sibe ...

, and the center of diversity is in

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

Species

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

* ''

Alburnus adanensis The Adana bleak (''Alburnus adanensis'') is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae, endemic to the Ceyhan and Seyhan river watersheds in Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye ...

'' Battalgazi, 1944 (Adana bleak) * †''

Alburnus akili ''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 divers ...

'' Battalgil, 1942 (Beyşehir bleak) * ''

Alburnus albidus The Italian bleak or white bleak (''Alburnus albidus'') is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae, endemic to Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Souther ...

'' O. G. Costa, 1838 (Italian bleak) * '' Alburnus alburnus''

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, 1758 (common bleak) * ''

Alburnus amirkabiri Amirkabir's bleak (''Alburnus amirkabiri'') is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae, endemic to Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. ...

'' Mousavi-Sabet, Vatandoust, Khataminejad, Eagderi, Abbasi, M. Nasri, Jouladeh & Vasil'eva, 2015 * ''

Alburnus arborella ''Alburnus arborella'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the carp family Cyprinidae. It is a freshwater fish occurring in lakes and streams in Europe. It is distributed in Croatia, Italy, Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officiall ...

'' Bonaparte, 1841 * ''

Alburnus atropatenae ''Alburnus atropatenae'' is a species of ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. The ray-finned fishes are so calle ...

'' L. S. Berg, 1925 * ''

Alburnus attalus ''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 divers ...

'' 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 ...

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, 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 ''Alburnus doriae'' is a species of cyprinid fish from Iran. It was previously thought to be restricted to central Iran, but recent research shows that it is more widespread and that ''Alburnus amirkabiri'' and ''Petroleuciscus esfahani'' are pr ...

'' De Filippi, 1865 * '' Alburnus escherichii'' Steindachner, 1897 (Sakarya bleak) * '' Alburnus filippii''

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, 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 ''Alburnus leobergi'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus '' Alburnus''; it is widespread in Eastern Europe in the Sea of Azov basin. A landlocked population exists in Tsimlyansk Reservoir (Don Don, don or DON and variants may refer t ...

'' Freyhof &

Kottelat Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, SwitzerlandC ...

, 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''

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, 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 ...

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, 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''

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, 1980 * '' Alburnus vistonicus'' Freyhof & Kottelat, 2007 * '' Alburnus volviticus'' Freyhof & Kottelat, 2007 * '' Alburnus zagrosensis'' Coad, 2009

References

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