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.
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 are rivers and intermittent rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss, pollution, water abstraction and river damming.
Barbatula namiri is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Balitoridae. It is found in Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey. Its natural habitat is rivers. It is found in the Orontes River watershed and coastal rivers of Lebanon and Syria north of southern Nahr al-Kabir al-Janoubi. It is threatened by habitat loss by water extraction and dams and pollution in Turkey; threats in Lebanon and Syria are unknown. The population is unknown but is considered stable in Turkey.
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.
Tristramella simonis, the short jaw tristramella, is a vulnerable species of cichlid fish from the Jordan River system, including Lake Tiberias (Kinneret), in Israel and Syria, with introduced populations in the Nahr al-Kabir and Orontes basins in Syria. It prefers waters with little or no movement. Along with other tilapias, T. simonis is commonly caught as a food fish in parts of its range and it is commercially important in Lake Tiberias.
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 Antalya bleak 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.
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 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 and Turkey.
The Eastern Aegean bleak is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Alburnus. It is known from the river drainages of the Gümüldür River, the Büyük Menderes River and the Dalaman River in Turkey. It may have been found in the Küçükmenderes River before the river dried up. It is threatened by pollution, water abstraction and river damming.
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 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 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.
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.
The Sellal bleak 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 found that Alburnus mossulensis was probably a synonym of Alburnus sellal.
Oxynoemacheilus panthera, the tiger loach or the Damascus loach, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Oxynoemacheilus. It occurs in only two streams, the Nahr Baradá and Nahr al-A‘waj in the Damascus basin in Syria. It is thought that over 90% of the populations of this species of stone loach have been lost due to water abstraction and the drying up of its native watercourses, exacerbated by lower rainfall due to climate change.
The Georgian shemaya 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, Turkey and west to the Sakarya River.
The Arsuz bleak 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.
The Antakya minnow is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Crossocheilus. There is some confusion regarding the identity of this fish. Fishbase identifies the species as extinct, formerly occupying the Orontes watershed in Turkey, however a synonym, Hemigrammocapoeta caudomaculata is identified as least concern by the IUCN, and is found in the Asi drainage in Turkey and Syria and Nahr al-Kabir at the border between Syria and Lebanon, and called the Asi golden barb. They may be distinct species.
