{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic_taxobox | name = ''Alburnus'' | image = Alburnus alburnus Hungary.jpg | image_caption = Common bleak (''Alburnus alburnus'') | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Alburnus | authority = Rafinesque, 1820<ref name = "Cof family">{{Cof family|family=Leuciscinae|access-date=25 March 2025}}</ref> | type_species = ''Cyprinus alburnus'' | type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758<ref name = "Cof family"/> | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = see text | synonyms = {{Genus list | Chalcalburnus | Berg, 1933 }} | synonyms_ref = <ref name = "Cof family"/> }}
'''''Alburnus''''' is a genus of fish in the family Leuciscidae, the daces and minnows.<ref name = "Cof family"/> They are known commonly as '''bleaks'''.<ref name=Buj2010>{{cite journal |author1=Buj I. |author2=Vukić J. |author3=Šanda R. |author4=Perea S. |author5=Ćaleta M. |author6=Marčić Z. |author7=Bogut I. |author8=Povž M. |author9=Mrakovčić M. |year=2010 |title=Morphological comparison of bleaks (''Alburnus'', Cyprinidae) from the Adriatic Basin with the description of a new species |url=http://www.ivb.cz/folia/59/2/7_ms_1466_buj.pdf |journal=Folia Zoologica |volume=59 |issue=2 |pages=129–141 |doi=10.25225/fozo.v59.i2.a8.2010 |access-date=2014-01-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202115421/http://www.ivb.cz/folia/59/2/7_ms_1466_buj.pdf |archive-date=2014-02-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref> A group of species in the genus is known as '''shemayas'''.<ref name=Freyhof2007>{{cite journal |author1=Freyhof J. |author2=Kottelat M. | year = 2007 | title = ''Alburnus vistonicus'', a new species of shemaya from eastern Greece, with remarks on ''Chalcalburnus chalcoides macedonicus'' from Lake Volvi (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) | url = https://pfeil-verlag.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ief18_3_03.pdf | journal = Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters | volume = 18 | issue = 3| pages = 205–212 }}</ref> The genus occurs in the western Palearctic realm,<ref name=Sheraliev>{{cite journal|title=New records and range extension of ''Alburnus chalcoides'' (Güldenstädt, 1772) (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) from the upper Syr Darya River, Uzbekistan|year=2025|journal=Check List|doi=10.15560/21.4.755|last1=Sheraliev|first1=Bakhtiyor|last2=Khalimov|first2=Sharofiddin|last3=Rakhmonov|first3=Murodjon|last4=Komilova|first4=Dildorakhon|last5=Nazarov|first5=Mukhammadrasul|last6=Umarov|first6=Fayoziddin|last7=Azamov|first7=Obboskhon|volume=21|issue=4|pages=755–761|doi-access=free}}</ref> and the center of diversity is in Turkey.<ref name=oz>{{cite journal |author1=Özuluğ M. |author2=Freyhof J. | year = 2007 | title = ''Alburnus demiri'', a new species of bleak from Western Anatolia, Turkey (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) | url = https://pfeil-verlag.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ief18_4_03.pdf | journal = Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters | volume = 18 | issue = 4| pages = 307–312 }}</ref>
The genus ''Chalcalburnus'' is now part of ''Alburnus''.<ref name=oz2>{{cite journal | author1 = Özuluğ M. | author2 = Freyhof J. | year = 2007 | title = Rediagnosis of four species of ''Alburnus'' from Turkey and description of two new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) | url = https://pfeil-verlag.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ief18_3_06.pdf | journal = Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters | volume = 18 | issue = 3 | pages = 233–246 }}</ref>
==Species== Currently, the following recognized species are placed in this genus:<ref name = "Cof genus">{{Cof genus|genus=Alburnus|access-date=25 March 2025}}</ref> [[File:Alburnus arborella.jpg|thumb|right|''Alburnus arborella'']] [[File:Alburnus leobergi.jpg|thumb|right|''Alburnus leobergi'']] {{columns-list|colwidth=25em|1= * ''Alburnus adanensis'' <small>Battalgil, 1944</small> (Adana bleak) *{{extinct}}''Alburnus akili'' <small>Battalgil, 1942</small> (Beyşehir bleak) * ''Alburnus albidus'' <small>(Costa 1838)</small> (Italian bleak) * ''Alburnus alburnus'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> (Common bleak) * ''Alburnus amirkabiri'' <small>(Mousavi-Sabet) </small> (Amirkabir's bleak) * ''Alburnus arborella'' <small>(Bonaparte 1841)</small> (Alborella) * ''Alburnus atropatenae'' <small>Berg, 1925</small> * ''Alburnus attalus'' <small>Özuluğ & Freyhof, 2007</small> (Bakır shemaya) * ''Alburnus baliki'' <small>Bogutskaya, Küçük & Ünlü, 2000</small> (Antalya bleak) * ''Alburnus belvica'' <small>Karaman, 1924</small> (Prespa bleak) * ''Alburnus caeruleus'' <small>Heckel, 1843</small> (Black spotted bleak) * ''Alburnus carianorum'' <small>Freyhof, Kaya, Bayçelebi, Geiger & Turan. 2019</small> * ''Alburnus carinatus'' <small>Battalgil, 1941</small> (Manyas shemaya) * ''Alburnus chalcoides'' <small>(Güldenstädt, 1772)</small> (Danube bleak) *{{extinct}}''Alburnus danubicus'' <small>Antipa, 1909</small> (Danube shemaya) * ''Alburnus demiri'' <small>Özuluğ & Freyhof, 2008</small> (East Aegean bleak) * ''Alburnus derjugini'' <small>Berg, 1923</small> (Georgian shemaya) * ''Alburnus doriae'' <small>De Filippi, 1865</small> * ''Alburnus escherichii'' <small>Steindachner, 1897</small> (Sakarya bleak) * ''Alburnus filippii'' <small>Kessler, 1877</small> (Kura bleak) * ''Alburnus goekhani'' <small>Özuluğ, Geiger & Freyhof, 2018</small> * ''Alburnus hohenackeri'' <small>Kessler, 1877</small> (North Caucasian bleak) * ''Alburnus istanbulensis'' <small>Battalgil, 1941</small> * ''Alburnus kotschyi'' <small>Steindachner, 1863</small> (Arsuz bleak) * ''Alburnus kurui'' <small>(Bogutskaya, 1995)</small> * ''Alburnus leobergi'' <small>Freyhof & Kottelat, 2007</small> (Azov shemaya) * ''Alburnus macedonicus'' <small>Karaman, 1928</small> (Doiran bleak) * ''Alburnus magnificus'' <small>Freyhof & Turan, 2019</small> * ''Alburnus mandrensis'' <small>Drensky, 1943</small> (Mandras bleak) * ''Alburnus maximus'' <small>Fatio, 1882</small> * ''Alburnus mento'' <small>(Heckel, 1836)</small> (Lake bleak) * ''Alburnus mentoides'' <small>Kessler, 1859</small> (Crimean shemaya) * ''Alburnus neretvae'' <small>Buj, Šanda & Perea, 2010</small> *{{extinct}}''Alburnus nicaeensis'' <small>Battalgil, 1941</small> (Iznik shemaya) * ''Alburnus oblongus'' <small>(Bulgakov, 1923)</small> (Tashkent riffle bleak) * ''Alburnus orontis'' <small>Sauvage 1882</small> (Orontis spotted bleak) * ''Alburnus qalilus'' <small>Krupp, 1992</small> (Syrian spotted bleak) * ''Alburnus sarmaticus'' <small>Freyhof & Kottelat, 2007</small> * ''Alburnus sava'' <small>Bogutskaya, Zupančič, Jelić, Diripasko & Naseka. 2017</small> * ''Alburnus schischkovi'' <small>(Drensky, 1943)</small> (Black Sea bleak) * ''Alburnus scoranza'' <small>Bonaparte, 1845</small> * ''Alburnus sellal'' <small>Heckel, 1843.</small> (Sellal bleak) * ''Alburnus taeniatus'' <small>Kessler, 1874</small> * ''Alburnus tarichi'' <small>(Güldenstädt, 1814)</small> (Tarek) * ''Alburnus thessalicus'' <small>Stephanidis, 1950</small> (Thessaly bleak) * ''Alburnus timarensis'' <small>Kuru, 1980</small> * ''Alburnus ulanus'' <small>(Günther 1899)</small> * ''Alburnus vistonicus'' <small>Freyhof & Kottelat, 2007</small> (Vistonis shemaja) * ''Alburnus volviticus'' <small>Freyhof & Kottelat, 2007</small> (Volvi bleak) }}
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