Alburnus
Appearance
(Redirected from Shemaya)
Alburnus | |
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Common bleak (Alburnus alburnus) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Leuciscidae |
Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
Genus: | Alburnus Rafinesque, 1820[1] |
Type species | |
Cyprinus alburnus | |
Species | |
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Alburnus is a genus of fish in the family Leusicidae, the daces and minnows.[1] They are known commonly as bleaks.[2] A group of species in the genus is known as shemayas.[3] The genus occurs in the western Palearctic realm, and the center of diversity is in Turkey.[4]
The genus Chalcalburnus is now part of Alburnus.[5]
Species
[edit]Currently, the following recognized species are placed in this genus:[6]


- Alburnus adanensis Battalgil, 1944 (Adana bleak)
- Alburnus akili Battalgil, 1942 (Beyşehir bleak)
- Alburnus albidus (Costa 1838) (Italian bleak)
- Alburnus alburnus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Common bleak)
- Alburnus arborella (Bonaparte 1841) (Alborella)
- Alburnus atropatenae Berg, 1925
- Alburnus attalus Özuluğ & Freyhof, 2007 (Bakır shemaya)
- Alburnus baliki Bogutskaya, Küçük & Ünlü, 2000 (Antalya bleak)
- Alburnus belvica Karaman, 1924 (Prespa bleak)
- 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 (Danube shemaya)
- Alburnus demiri Özuluğ & Freyhof, 2008 (East Aegean bleak)
- Alburnus derjugini Berg, 1923 (Georgian shemaya)
- Alburnus doriae De Filippi, 1865
- Alburnus escherichii Steindachner, 1897 (Sakarya bleak)
- Alburnus filippii Kessler, 1877 (Kura bleak)
- Alburnus goekhani Özuluğ, Geiger & Freyhof, 2018
- Alburnus hohenackeri Kessler, 1877 (North Caucasian bleak)
- Alburnus istanbulensis Battalgil, 1941
- Alburnus kotschyi Steindachner, 1863 (Arsuz bleak)
- Alburnus kurui (Bogutskaya, 1995)
- 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, 1836)
- Alburnus mentoides Kessler, 1859
- Alburnus neretvae Buj, Šanda & Perea, 2010
- Alburnus nicaeensis Battalgil, 1941 (Iznik shemaya)
- Alburnus oblongus (Bulgakov, 1923)
- 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 Bonaparte, 1845
- Alburnus sellal Heckel, 1843. (Sellal bleak)
- Alburnus taeniatus Kessler, 1874
- Alburnus tarichi (Güldenstädt, 1814) (Tarek)
- Alburnus thessalicus Stephanidis, 1950 (Thessaly bleak)
- Alburnus timarensis Kuru, 1980
- Alburnus ulanus (Günther 1899)
- Alburnus vistonicus Freyhof & Kottelat, 2007 [3]
- Alburnus volviticus Freyhof & Kottelat, 2007
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Leuciscinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
- ^ 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" (PDF). Folia Zoologica. 59 (2): 129–141. doi:10.25225/fozo.v59.i2.a8.2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
- ^ a b 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)" (PDF). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 18 (3): 205–212.
- ^ Özuluğ M.; Freyhof J. (2007). "Alburnus demiri, a new species of bleak from Western Anatolia, Turkey (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)" (PDF). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 18 (4): 307–312.
- ^ Özuluğ M.; Freyhof J. (2007). "Rediagnosis of four species of Alburnus from Turkey and description of two new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)" (PDF). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 18 (3): 233–246.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Alburnus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 March 2025.