Alburnus

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Genus of fishes

title: "Alburnus" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["alburnus", "leuciscinae", "taxa-named-by-constantine-samuel-rafinesque", "taxonomy-articles-created-by-polbot"] description: "Genus of fishes" topic_path: "general/alburnus" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alburnus" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of fishes ::

| name = Alburnus | image = Alburnus alburnus Hungary.jpg | image_caption = Common bleak (Alburnus alburnus) | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Alburnus | authority = Rafinesque, 1820 | type_species = Cyprinus alburnus | type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = see text | synonyms = {{Genus list | Chalcalburnus | Berg, 1933 | synonyms_ref =

Alburnus is a genus of fish in the family Leuciscidae, the daces 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 genus Chalcalburnus is now part of Alburnus.

Species

Currently, the following recognized species are placed in this genus: ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Alburnus_arborella.jpg" caption="''[[Alburnus arborella]]''"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Alburnus_leobergi.jpg" caption="''[[Alburnus leobergi]]''"] ::

References

References

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  2. (2010). "Morphological comparison of bleaks (''Alburnus'', Cyprinidae) from the Adriatic Basin with the description of a new species". Folia Zoologica.
  3. (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.
  4. (2025). "New records and range extension of ''Alburnus chalcoides'' (Güldenstädt, 1772) (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) from the upper Syr Darya River, Uzbekistan". Check List.
  5. (2007). "''Alburnus demiri'', a new species of bleak from Western Anatolia, Turkey (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters.
  6. (2007). "Rediagnosis of four species of ''Alburnus'' from Turkey and description of two new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters.
  7. {{Cof genus

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