The bleak or common bleak is a small freshwater coarse fish of the cyprinid family.
The Beyşehir bleak, known in Turkish as gökçe balığı, was a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae, now presumed extinct.
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.
Alburnus belvica. the Prespa bleak, is a species of 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 nivichka (нивичка). It is threatened by habitat loss. This species makes up the bulk of the diet of the Dalmatian pelican population breeding at the Small Prespa Lake.
The Danube bleak or Caspian shemaya is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in Iran, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Slovakia, Moldova, Greece, Czechia, Azerbaijan, Turkiye, Afghanistan, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
Alburnus tarichi, known as the tarek, pearl mullet, Van fish or Van shah kuli, is a species of cyprinid fish, found only in Turkey. It is endemic to the Lake Van basin. It is locally known in Turkish: İnci kefalı/balığı, Kurdish: darex darach, and Armenian: տառեխ taṙex
The Bakır shemaya is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Alburnus. It is endemic to the Bakır River in western Anatolia, Turkey. It is threatened by river pollution and damming.
The Gediz shemaya 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.
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 and the Manavgat River.
The Kura bleak 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.
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.
Alburnus mandrensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Alburnus. The species is restricted only to the drainage of Lake Mandra in Bulgaria that includes the rivers Izvorska reka, Fakiyska reka, Sredetska reka and Rusokastrenska reka. It is threatened by pollution and the impoundment of spawning streams.
Alburnus mento is a species of freshwater fish, a bleak in the family Leuciscidae. Its distribution is in subalpine lakes in Germany and Austria.
Alburnus mentoides is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Alburnus that is endemic to Crimea in Ukraine. This freshwater fish grows up to a length of 13 centimetres (5.1 in) (SL).
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 and their tributaries, but now is only found in one tributary of Lake Akşehir, the Ortaköy River. Massive amounts of water abstraction and heavy pollution has made most of its previous habitat uninhabitable for this species.
Alburnus sarmaticus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Alburnus. Widespread in European rivers: Southern Bug, Dnieper, Danube ; River Kolpa, an upper tributary to the River Sava in Croatia and Slovenia. Almost extirpated in Danube, to be probably survived only in River Kolpa.
The Black Sea bleak is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Alburnus, that can be found in Bulgaria in river Veleka, and Turkey in river Rezovska. The species are threatened due to the drought in their rivers.
Culter alburnus, the topmouth culter, is an East Asian species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the cyprinid genus Culter.
Squalius squalus, commonly known as the Italian chub, or the chubius chub or cavedano, is a species of freshwater fish in the carp family Cyprinidae. It is native to southeastern Europe being found in Italy, Switzerland and the former Yugoslavia.
Alburnus thessalicus 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 found in Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia, and Serbia.
