The 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, where it is the only fish known to inhabit Lake Van. It is endemic to the Lake Van basin. It is locally known in Turkish: İnci kefalı/balığı, Kurdish: darex darach, and Armenian: տառեխtaṙex.
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, and Switzerland.
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.
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 and Lake Sapanca, and may also be present in the southern tributaries of the Marmara Sea.
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 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 scoranza is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Alburnus. it occurs only in the basins of Lake Skadar in Montenegro, Albania and Lake Ohrid the Republic of Macedonia.
Alburnus vistonicus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Alburnus that is endemic to the Lake Vistonida drainage in Greece. This species reaches a maximum length of 21.7 centimetres (8.5 in) (SL).
Alburnus volviticus is a species of 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 extirpated from the latter.
Anabarilius alburnops is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Alburnus. It is only known from Dian Lake and Songhuaba Reservoir, both in Kunming, Yunnan. It can reach sizes above 31 cm (12 in) SL.
The Manyas shemaya is a species of cyprinid fish in the subfamily Leuciscinae. It is endemic to Lake Kuş and Lake Uluabat and their tributaries in Turkey, both which are under environmental pressure from pollution and water abstraction. Sedimentation and the introduction of the invasive Prussian carp also impact this species. The IUCN has declared the Manyas shemaya as endangered.
The İznik shemaya was a species of freshwater cyprinid fish that was endemic to Lake İznik in Turkey. It has not been found since the late 20th century, and is now presumed extinct by the IUCN. It is most likely that this species became extinct with the introduction of the big-scale sand smelt to Lake İznik.
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.
