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* ''[[Alburnus hohenackeri]]'' <small>Kessler, 1877</small> (North Caucasian bleak, Persian bleak)
* ''[[Alburnus hohenackeri]]'' <small>Kessler, 1877</small> (North Caucasian bleak, Persian bleak)
* ''[[Alburnus istanbulensis]]'' <small>Battalgil, 1941</small>
* ''[[Alburnus istanbulensis]]'' <small>Battalgil, 1941</small>
* ''[[Alburnus kotschyi]]'' <small>Steindachner, 1863</small>
* ''[[Alburnus kotschyi]]'' <small>Steindachner, 1863</small> (İskenderun shah kuli)
* ''[[Alburnus leobergi]]'' <small>Freyhof & [[Maurice Kottelat|Kottelat]], 2007</small> (azov shemaya)
* ''[[Alburnus leobergi]]'' <small>Freyhof & [[Maurice Kottelat|Kottelat]], 2007</small> (azov shemaya)
* ''[[Alburnus macedonicus]]'' <small>[[Stanko Karaman|S. L. Karaman]], 1928</small>
* ''[[Alburnus macedonicus]]'' <small>[[Stanko Karaman|S. L. Karaman]], 1928</small>

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Alburnus
Alburnus alburnus
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Alburnus

Species

42, see text.

Alburnus is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. They are known commonly as bleaks.[1] A group of species in the genus are known as shemayas.[2] The genus occurs in the western Palearctic ecozone, and the center of diversity is in Turkey.[3]

The genus Chalcalburnus is now part of Alburnus.[4]

There are about 42 species:[5]

Alburnus arborella
Alburnus leobergi

References

  1. ^ a b Buj, I., et al. (2010). Morphological comparison of bleaks (Alburnus, Cyprinidae) from the Adriatic Basin with the description of a new species. Folia Zool 59(2), 129-141.
  2. ^ a b Freyhof, J. and M. Kottelat. (2007). Alburnus vistonicus, a new species of shemaya from eastern Greece, with remarks on Chalcalburnus chalcoides macedonicus from Lake Volvi (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 18(3), 205-12.
  3. ^ a b Özuluğ, M. and J. Freyhof. (2007). Alburnus demiri, a new species of bleak from Western Anatolia, Turkey (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 18(4), 307.
  4. ^ a b c Özuluğ, M. and J. Freyhof. (2007). Rediagnosis of four species of Alburnus from Turkey and description of two new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 18(3), 233-46.
  5. ^ Froese, R. and D. Pauly. (Eds.) Species list: Alburnus. FishBase. 2011.

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