Danube bleak
| Danube bleak | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Genus: | Alburnus |
| Species: | A. chalcoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Alburnus chalcoides (Güldenstädt, 1772) | |
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The Danube bleak or Caspian shemaya (Alburnus chalcoides) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae. It is found in Iran, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Slovakia, Moldova, Greece, Czechia, Azerbaijan, Turkiye, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Slovenia.