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.
The Italian bleak or white bleak is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae, endemic to Italy. The species and three of its synonyms were described by O. G. Costa in 1838.
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.
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.
The North Caucasian bleak is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Alburnus. It is found in the western and southwestern Caspian basin in the countries of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran and the Russian Federation.
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 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 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.
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.
