''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 n ...

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 v ...

, 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-Si ...

, and the

center of diversity A center of origin is a geographical area where a group of organisms, either domesticated or wild, first developed its distinctive properties. They are also considered centers of diversity. Centers of origin were first identified in 1924 by N ...

is in

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

. 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 Cu ...

Battalgazi Battalgazi, ( ku, Melediya kevn), is a town and district of Malatya Province of Turkey. The mayor is Selahattin Gürkan ( AKP). Formerly named Eskimalatya (''Old Malatya''), the center town corresponds to the previous location of Malatya city, ...

, 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 diversit ...

'' 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 Southern ...

'' 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, t ...

1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoological ...

(common bleak) * ''

Alburnus amirkabiri Amirkabir's bleak (''Alburnus amirkabiri'') is a species of freshwater 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 l ...

'' 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 ), officially ...

'' Bonaparte, 1841 * ''

Alburnus atropatenae ''Alburnus atropatenae'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Alburnus ''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 sh ...

L. S. Berg Lev Semyonovich Berg, also known as Leo S. Berg (russian: Лев Семёнович Берг; 14 March 1876 – 24 December 1950) was a leading Russian geographer, biologist and ichthyologist who served as President of the Soviet Geographical S ...

, 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 diversit ...

'' Özuluğ & Freyhof, 2007 (Bakır shemaya) * ''

Alburnus baliki The Antalya bleak (''Alburnus baliki'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Alburnus''. It is endemic to Turkey and is commonly found in schools in clear, vegetated fresh water. Description The Antalya bleak is similar in appearanc ...

'' Bogutskaya, Küçük & Ünlü, 2000 (Antalya bleak) * ''

Alburnus battalgilae The Gediz shemaya (''Alburnus battalgilae'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Alburnus''. It is endemic to the Gediz River and Koca River drainages in Turkey. It is threatened by water extraction and agricultural pollution Agri ...

'' Özuluğ & Freyhof, 2007 (Gediz shemaya) * '' Alburnus belvica''

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 ...

, 1924 * ''

Alburnus caeruleus ''Alburnus caeruleus'', also known as the black spotted bleak or Tigris bleak is a species of ray-finned fish in the carp family, Cyprinidae. It is found in the Queiq River drainage and the Tigris–Euphrates river system in Iran, Iraq, Syria ...

'' Heckel, 1843 (black-spotted bleak) * ''

Alburnus carinatus The Manyas shemaya (''Alburnus carinatus'') is a species of cyprinid fish in the subfamily Leuciscinae. It is endemic to Lake Kuş (Manyas Lake) and Lake Uluabat and their tributaries in Turkey, both which are under environmental pressure from po ...

'' Battalgil, 1941 (Manyas shemaya) * ''

Alburnus chalcoides The Danube bleak or Caspian shemaya (''Alburnus chalcoides'') is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in Iran, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, France,

'' Güldenstädt, 1772 (Danube bleak) * †'' Alburnus danubicus'' Antipa, 1909 * '' Alburnus demiri'' Özuluğ & Freyhof, 2008 (eastern Aegean bleak) * ''

Alburnus derjugini The Georgian shemaya (''Alburnus derjugini'') is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus ''Alburnus''. It is found in eastern Black Sea tributaries, from south of the Caucasus in Russia and Georgia, south to the Çoruh River in eastern Anatolia, ...

'' L. S. Berg, 1923 (Georgian shemaya) * '' Alburnus doriae'' De Filippi, 1865 * ''

Alburnus escherichii ''Alburnus escherichii'', also known as the Sakarya bleak or Caucasian bleak, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Alburnus''. It is native to the Sakarya River drainage in Turkey, and has been introduced into Lake Beyşehir Lake Beyş ...

Steindachner Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He published over 200 papers on fishes and over 50 papers on reptiles and amphibians. Steindachner describ ...

, 1897 (Sakarya bleak) * ''

Alburnus filippii The Kura bleak (''Alburnus filippii'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Alburnus''. It is native to the Caspian Sea basin, from the Kura River and Aras River in the east to the Sefīd-Rūd in Iran Iran, officially th ...

'' Kessler, 1877 (Kura bleak) * ''

Alburnus heckeli The Hazar bleak (''Alburnus heckeli'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is Endemism, endemic to Lake Hazar in Turkey. References

Alburnus, heckeli Endemic fauna of Turkey Taxa named by Fahire Battalgil Fish d ...

'' Battalgil, 1943 (Hazar bleak) * ''

Alburnus hohenackeri The North Caucasian bleak (''Alburnus hohenackeri'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Alburnus ''Alburnus'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. They are known commonly as bleaks. A group of species ...

'' Kessler, 1877 (North Caucasian bleak) * ''

Alburnus istanbulensis ''Alburnus istanbulensis'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Alburnus''. It is endemic to Turkey, where it is found in coastal streams of Thrace Thrace (; el, Θράκη, Thráki; bg, Тракия, Trakiya; tr, Trakya) or ...

'' Battalgil, 1941 * '' Alburnus kotschyi'' 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 Tsimlyansk Reservoir or Tsimlyanskoye Reservo ...

'' Freyhof &

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

, 2007 * ''

Alburnus macedonicus ''Alburnus macedonicus'' is a species of cyprinid fish in the subfamily Leuciscinae. It is endemic to Doiran Lake in Greece and North Macedonia. It is threatened by falling water level in the lake. It can grow to standard length Fish measurem ...

, 1928 * ''

Alburnus mandrensis ''Alburnus mandrensis'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Alburnus''. The species is restricted only to the drainage of Lake Mandras in Bulgaria. It is threatened by pollution (domestic and industrial) and the impoundment Impoundmen ...

'' Drensky, 1943 * '' Alburnus mento'' Heckel, 1837 * ''

Alburnus mentoides ''Alburnus mentoides'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Alburnus'' that is endemic to Crimea (Black and Azov Sea basins) in Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second- ...

'' Kessler, 1859 * ''

Alburnus mossulensis The Mossul bleak (''Alburnus mossulensis'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Alburnus''. However, a recent study found that ''Alburnus mossulensis'' was probably a synonym of ''Alburnus sellal The Sellal bleak (''Alburnus sellal'') ...

'' Heckel, 1843 (Mossul bleak) * ''

Alburnus nasreddini ''Alburnus nasreddini'', also known as the Central Anatolian bleak or Eber bleak, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Alburnus'', that is endemic to Turkey. It was previously found in Lake Eber and Lake Akşehir Lake Akşehir ( tr, Ak� ...

'' Battalgil, 1943 * ''

Alburnus neretvae ''Alburnus neretvae'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Alburnus''. It is endemic to the Neretva River drainage in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes ...

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, 2010 * †''

Alburnus nicaeensis ''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 diversit ...

'' Battalgil, 1941 (İznik shemaya) * '' Alburnus orontis''

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, 1882 * '' Alburnus qalilus''

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, 1992 * ''

Alburnus sarmaticus ''Alburnus sarmaticus'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Alburnus''. Widespread in European rivers: Southern Bug , ''Pivdennyi Buh'' , name_etymology = , image = Sunset S Bug Vinnitsa 2007 G1.jpg , image_siz ...

'' Freyhof & Kottelat, 2007 * ''

Alburnus schischkovi The Black Sea bleak (''Alburnus schischkovi'') is a species of Actinopterygii, ray-finned fish in the genus ''Alburnus'', that can be found in Bulgaria in river Veleka, and Turkey in river Rezovo River, Rezovska. The species are threatened due to ...

'' Drensky, 1943 (Black Sea bleak) * ''

Alburnus scoranza ''Alburnus scoranza'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Alburnus ''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 shema ...

'' Heckel & Kner, 1858 * '' Alburnus selcuklui'' M. Elp, F. Şen & Özuluğ, 2015 * ''

Alburnus sellal The Sellal bleak (''Alburnus sellal'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Alburnus''. It can be found in the drainage basins of the Queiq River and the Tigris–Euphrates river system in Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey. A recent study has ...

'' Heckel, 1843 (Sellal bleak) * ''

Alburnus tarichi ''Alburnus tarichi'', known as the tarek, pearl mullet, Van fish or Van shah kuli, is a species of cyprinid fish, found only in Turkey, where it is the only fish known to inhabit Lake Van. It is endemic to the Lake Van basin. It is locally known ...

'' Güldenstädt, 1814 * ''

Alburnus thessalicus ''Alburnus thessalicus'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the carp 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 ...

'' Stephanidis, 1950 * ''

Alburnus timarensis ''Alburnus timarensis'' also known as the Karasu sha kuli, is a species of Cyprinidae fish endemic to a single stream in the Lake Van basin in eastern Turkey. The species was considered a synonym of ''Alburnus tarichi ''Alburnus tarichi'', kn ...

'' Kuru, 1980 * ''

Alburnus vistonicus ''Alburnus vistonicus'' is a species of Actinopterygii, ray-finned fish in the genus ''Alburnus'' that is endemic to the Lake Vistonida drainage in Greece. This species reaches a maximum length of (fish measurement, SL). References External l ...

'' Freyhof & Kottelat, 2007 * ''

Alburnus volviticus ''Alburnus volviticus'' is a species of Actinopterygii, ray-finned fish in the genus ''Alburnus'', that is endemic to Greece where it occurred in Lake Volvi and Lake Koronia, although it has now been Local extinction, extirpated from the latter. ...

'' Freyhof & Kottelat, 2007 * ''

Alburnus zagrosensis ''Alburnus zagrosensis'' is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus ''Alburnus''. It is endemic to the Karun River basin in Iran. References

Alburnus, zagrosensis Endemic fauna of Iran Fish described in 2009 {{Leuciscinae-stub ...

'' Coad, 2009

References

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