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 is known as shemayas.[2] The genus occurs in the western Palearctic realm, and the center of diversity is in Turkey.[3]
| Alburnus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Common bleak (Alburnus alburnus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Genus: | Alburnus Rafinesque, 1820 |
The genus Chalcalburnus is now part of Alburnus.[4]
Species
Currently, 49 recognized species are placed in this genus:
- Alburnus adanensis Battalgazi, 1944 (Adana bleak)
- †Alburnus akili Battalgil, 1942 (Beyşehir bleak)
- Alburnus albidus O. G. Costa, 1838 (Italian bleak)
- Alburnus alburnus Linnaeus, 1758 (common bleak)
- Alburnus amirkabiri Mousavi-Sabet, Vatandoust, Khataminejad, Eagderi, Abbasi, M. Nasri, Jouladeh & Vasil'eva, 2015 [5]
- Alburnus arborella Bonaparte, 1841
- Alburnus atropatenae L. S. Berg, 1925
- Alburnus attalus Özuluğ & Freyhof, 2007 (Bakır shemaya) [4]
- Alburnus baliki Bogutskaya, Küçük & Ünlü, 2000 (Antalya bleak)
- Alburnus battalgilae Özuluğ & Freyhof, 2007 (Gediz shemaya) [4]
- Alburnus belvica Karaman, 1924
- Alburnus caeruleus Heckel, 1843 (black-spotted bleak)
- Alburnus carianorum Freyhof, Kaya, Bayçelebi, Geiger & Turan, 2019
- Alburnus carinatus Battalgil, 1941 (Manyas shemaya)
- Alburnus chalcoides Güldenstädt, 1772 (Danube bleak)
- †Alburnus danubicus Antipa, 1909
- Alburnus demiri Özuluğ & Freyhof, 2008 (eastern Aegean bleak) [3]
- Alburnus derjugini L. S. 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)
- Alburnus istanbulensis Battalgil, 1941
- Alburnus kotschyi Steindachner, 1863 (Arsuz bleak)
- Alburnus leobergi Freyhof & Kottelat, 2007
- Alburnus macedonicus Karaman, 1928
- Alburnus magnificus Freyhof & Turan, 2019
- Alburnus mandrensis Drensky, 1943
- Alburnus maximus (Fatio, 1882)
- Alburnus mento Heckel, 1837
- Alburnus mentoides Kessler, 1859
- Alburnus mossulensis Heckel, 1843 (Mossul bleak)
- Alburnus nasreddini Battalgil, 1943 (Eber bleak)
- Alburnus neretvae Buj, Šanda & Perea, 2010 [1]
- †Alburnus nicaeensis Battalgil, 1941 (İznik shemaya)
- Alburnus orontis Sauvage, 1882
- Alburnus qalilus Krupp, 1992
- Alburnus sarmaticus Freyhof & Kottelat, 2007
- Alburnus sava Bogutskaya, Zupančič, Jelić, Diripasko & Naseka, 2017
- Alburnus schischkovi Drensky, 1943 (Black Sea bleak)
- Alburnus scoranza Heckel & Kner, 1858
- Alburnus selcuklui M. Elp, F. Şen & Özuluğ, 2015 [6]
- Alburnus sellal Heckel, 1843 (Sellal bleak)
- Alburnus tarichi Güldenstädt, 1814 (Tarek)
- Alburnus timarensis Kuru, 1980
- Alburnus vistonicus Freyhof & Kottelat, 2007 [2]
- Alburnus volviticus Freyhof & Kottelat, 2007
- Alburnus zagrosensis Coad, 2009
References
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