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Alburnus
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 are known as shemayas. The genus occurs in the western Palearctic ecozone, and the center of diversity is in Turkey.
48 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 45 known species
Bleak
speciesAlburnus alburnus
Alborella
speciesAlburnus arborella
Italian Bleak
speciesAlburnus albidus
Danube Bleak
speciesAlburnus chalcoides
Tarek
speciesAlburnus tarichi
Alburnus leobergi
speciesAlburnus leobergi
Georgian Shemaya
speciesAlburnus derjugini
Alburnus mento
speciesAlburnus mento
Alburnus neretvae
speciesAlburnus neretvae
Alburnus scoranza
speciesAlburnus scoranza
Thessaly Bleak
speciesAlburnus thessalicus
Vistonis Shemaja
speciesAlburnus vistonicus
Alburnus filippii
speciesAlburnus filippii
Alburnus escherichii
speciesAlburnus escherichii
Sellal Bleak
speciesAlburnus sellal
Alburnus sarmaticus
speciesAlburnus sarmaticus
Volvi Bleak
speciesAlburnus volviticus
Alburnus kotschyi
speciesAlburnus kotschyi
Alburnus hohenackeri
speciesAlburnus hohenackeri
Alburnus sava
speciesAlburnus sava
Alburnus macedonicus
speciesAlburnus macedonicus
Alburnus taeniatus
speciesAlburnus taeniatus
Crimea shemaya
speciesAlburnus mentoides
Beyşehir Bleak
speciesAlburnus akili
black spotted bleak
speciesAlburnus caeruleus
Alburnus doriae
speciesAlburnus doriae
Alburnus maximus
speciesAlburnus maximus
Alburnus carianorum
speciesAlburnus carianorum
Alburnus magnificus
speciesAlburnus magnificus
Alburnus goekhani
speciesAlburnus goekhani
Alburnus atropatenae
speciesAlburnus atropatenae
Alburnus danubicus
speciesAlburnus danubicus
Alburnus istanbulensis
speciesAlburnus istanbulensis
Alburnus orontis
speciesAlburnus orontis
Iznik Shemaya
speciesAlburnus nicaeensis
Alburnus carinatus
speciesAlburnus carinatus
Alburnus demiri
speciesAlburnus demiri
Alburnus ulanus
speciesAlburnus ulanus
Tashkent Riffle Bleak
speciesAlburnus oblongus
Alburnus timarensis
speciesAlburnus timarensis
Alburnus baliki
speciesAlburnus baliki
Alburnus attalus
speciesAlburnus attalus
Prespa bleak
speciesAlburnus belvica
Alburnus schischkovi
speciesAlburnus schischkovi
Mandras Bleak
speciesAlburnus mandrensis
Alburnus adanensis
speciesAlburnus adanensis
Alburnus qalilus
speciesAlburnus qalilus
Alburnus kurui
speciesAlburnus kurui
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
The Natural History of Carolina Florida and Bahama Islands Vol. 2
Mark Catesby · 1743 · p.43
The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing two hundred a...
Catesby, Mark, bioloog, kunstenaar · 1743 · p.45
Mark Catesby — Piscium, serpentum, insectorum (pt. 1) (1750)
Mark Catesby · 1750 · p.43
Books on Marine Fishes
Guillaume Rondelet · 1554 · p.849
History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.713
De Piscibus Libri V et De Cetis Liber Unus
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1661 · p.688
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 86308.