Common bleak

Common bleak
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Alburnus
Species:
A. alburnus
Binomial name
Alburnus alburnus
Synonyms
  • Cyprinus alburnus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Leuciscus alburnus (Linnaeus 1758)
  • Aspius ochrodon Fitzinger, 1832
  • Aspius alburnoides Selys-longchamps, 1842
  • Alburnus lucidus Heckel, 1843
  • Alburnus strigio Bonaparte, 1845
  • Alburnus avola Bonaparte, 1846
  • Alburnus breviceps Heckel & Kner, 1857
  • Alburnus fracchia Heckel & Kner, 1857
  • Alburnus lucidus var. lacustris Heckel & Kner, 1857
  • Alburnus scoranzoides Heckel & Kner, 1857
  • Alburnus lucidus var. angustior Walecki, 1863
  • Alburnus lucidus var. latior Walecki, 1863
  • Alburnus alborella var. lateristriga Canestrini, 1864
  • Alburnus fabraei Blanchard, 1866
  • Alburnus mirandella Blanchard, 1866
  • Alburnus lucidus var. colobocephala Fatio, 1882
  • Alburnus lucidus var. elata Fatio, 1882
  • Alburnus lucidus var. elongata Fatio, 1882
  • Alburnus lucidus var. oxycephala Fatio, 1882
  • Leuciscus lucidus var. ilmenensis Warpachowski, 1886
  • Alburnus striatus Petrov, 1926
  • Alburnus alburnus strumicae Karaman, 1955

The bleak or common bleak (Alburnus alburnus) is a small freshwater coarse fish of the family Leuciscidae, which includes the minnows, daces and bleaks. The common bleak is found in Europe and Western Asia.