Genus of fishes
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:
Alburnus arborella Alburnus leobergi 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