Alburnus
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| Genus: | Alburnus Rafinesque, 1820
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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]
About 42 species are described, including:[5]
- Alburnus adanensis Battalgazi, 1944 (Adana bleak)
- †Alburnus akili Battalgil, 1942 (Beyşehir bleak)
- Alburnus albidus (Costa, 1838) (Italian bleak, vulturino)
- Alburnus alburnus (Linnaeus, 1758) (common bleak)
- Alburnus arborella (Bonaparte, 1841) (alborella)
- Alburnus atropatenae Berg, 1925
- Alburnus attalus Özuluğ & Freyhof, 2007[4] (Bakır shemaya)
- Alburnus baliki Bogutskaya, Küçük & Ünlü, 2000 (Antalya bleak)
- Alburnus battalgilae Özuluğ & Freyhof, 2007[4] (Gediz shemaya)
- Alburnus belvica Karaman, 1924
- Alburnus caeruleus Heckel, 1843 (black spotted bleak)
- Alburnus carinatus Battalgil, 1941 (Manyas shemaya)
- Alburnus chalcoides (Güldenstädt, 1772) (Danube bleak)
- Alburnus danubicus Antipa, 1909
- Alburnus demiri Özuluğ & Freyhof, 2008[3] (Eastern Aegean bleak)
- Alburnus derjugini Berg, 1923 (Georgian shemaya)
- Alburnus doriae De Filippi, 1865
- Alburnus escherichii Steindachner, 1897 (Sakarya bleak)
- Alburnus filippii Kessler, 1877 (Kura bleak)
- Alburnus heckeli Battalgil, 1943 (Hazar bleak)
- Alburnus hohenackeri Kessler, 1877 (North Caucasian bleak, Persian bleak)
- Alburnus istanbulensis Battalgil, 1941
- Alburnus kotschyi Steindachner, 1863 (İskenderun shah kuli)
- Alburnus leobergi Freyhof & Kottelat, 2007 (azov shemaya)
- Alburnus macedonicus Karaman, 1928
- Alburnus mandrensis (Drensky, 1943)
- Alburnus mento (Heckel, 1837)
- Alburnus mentoides Kessler, 1859
- Alburnus mossulensis Heckel, 1843
- Alburnus nasreddini Battalgil, 1943 (Central Anatolian bleak)
- Alburnus neretvae Buj, Šanda & Perea, 2010[1]
- †Alburnus nicaeensis Battalgil, 1941 (İznik shemaya)
- Alburnus orontis Sauvage, 1882 (Orontes spotted bleak)
- Alburnus qalilus Krupp, 1992 (Syrian spotted bleak)
- Alburnus sarmaticus Freyhof & Kottelat, 2007
- Alburnus schischkovi (Drensky, 1943)
- Alburnus scoranza Heckel & Kner, 1858
- Alburnus sellal Heckel, 1843 (shah kuli)
- Alburnus tarichi (Güldenstädt, 1814) (tarek)
- Alburnus thessalicus (Stephanidis, 1950)
- Alburnus timarensis Kuru, 1980 (Karasu sha kuli)
- Alburnus vistonicus Freyhof & Kottelat, 2007[2]
- Alburnus volviticus Freyhof & Kottelat, 2007
- Alburnus zagrosensis Coad, 2009
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, R. and D. Pauly. (Eds.) Species list: Alburnus. FishBase. 2011.
Further reading
- Ketmaier, V., et al. (2009). Phylogeography of bleaks Alburnus spp. (Cyprinidae) in Italy, based on cytochrome b data. Journal of Fish Biology 75(5), 997-1017.
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