Italian bleak

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Italian bleak
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Alburnus
Species:
A. albidus
Binomial name
Alburnus albidus
(Costa, 1838)
Synonyms [2]
  • Alburnus alburnus albidus(Costa, 1838)
  • Leuciscus albidusCosta, 1838
  • Leuciscus cordilla Valenciennes, 1844
  • Leuciscus vulturiusCosta, 1838

The Italian bleak or white bleak (Alburnus albidus) is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae, endemic to Italy. [3] The species and three of its synonyms were described by O. G. Costa in 1838. [4]

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References

  1. Crivelli, A.J. (2006). "Alburnus albidus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2006: e.T788A13079220. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T788A13079220.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. "Italian Bleak Alburnus albidus (Costa, 1838)". Biolib.cz. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Alburnus albidus" in FishBase . April 2006 version.