Alburnus Explained

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]

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

Species

Currently, 49 recognized species are placed in this genus:

Notes and References

1. Buj I. . Vukić J. . Šanda R. . Perea S. . Ćaleta M. . Marčić Z. . Bogut I. . Povž M. . Mrakovčić M. . 2010 . Morphological comparison of bleaks (Alburnus, Cyprinidae) from the Adriatic Basin with the description of a new species . Folia Zoologica . 59 . 2 . 129–141 . 10.25225/fozo.v59.i2.a8.2010 . 2014-01-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202115421/http://www.ivb.cz/folia/59/2/7_ms_1466_buj.pdf . 2014-02-02 . dead .
2. Freyhof J. . Kottelat M. . 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. 205–212 .
3. Özuluğ M. . Freyhof J. . 2007 . Alburnus demiri, a new species of bleak from Western Anatolia, Turkey (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) . Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters . 18 . 4. 307–312 .
4. Özuluğ M. . Freyhof J. . 2007 . Rediagnosis of four species of Alburnus from Turkey and description of two new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) . Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters . 18 . 3 . 233–246 .