Bleak
Alburnus alburnus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Also calledAblete (por) · Ableto (ido) · Ablette (fra) · Ablé (fra) · Alborella (ita) · Albur (spa) · Alburn (cat) · Alburnete (por) · Alburno (spa) · Alburno Común (spa) · Almindelig løje (dan) · Alver (nld) · Benlöja (swe) · Blanchet (fra)
First described in: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
description
Literature Anonymous 1886; Brusina 1892; Glowacki 1896; Medić 1901; RHZZM 1908; Ćurčić 1910; Plančić 1923 b; Zaplata & Taler 1932; Aganović & Milošević 1959; Vuković 1963 a, 1968 a, 1977 a; Kosorić & Vuković 1966 a; Vuković & Seratlić-Savić 1967; Čanković et al. 1968 a; Kiškarolj & Čanković 1968, 1969; Vuković & Ivanović 1971; Vuković & Vuković 1974; Kosorić 1978; Orelj 1979; Sofradžija et al. 1979, 1980; Berberović 1980; Bianco 1980; Kosorić et al. 1980, 1983, 1989; Pejić et al. 1980; Sofradžija et al. 1980; Habeković et al. 1981; Obratil 1982; Mikavica 1987 b; Economidis & Bănărescu 1991; Mikavica et al. 1991; Mrakovčić et al. 1995, 2006; Leiner 1998; Korjenić 1999; Mikavica & Savić 1999; Radević 2000; Simonović 2001; Škrijelj 2002; Škrijelj et al. 2003, 2005 a, 2005 b; Korjenić et al. 2003, 2005; Kadribašić 2005; Bogut et al. 2006; Skenderović et al. 2006, 2010, 2011 a, 2011 b, 2015, 2020 a, 2020 b, 2021; Adrović 2007, 2012, 2018; Kottelat & Freyhof 2007; Skenderović & Adrović 2008 b, 2012, 2019; Vuković et al. 2008; Zupančič 2008; Sofradžija 2009; Buj et al. 2010; Bećiraj & Šahinović 2012; Golub et al. 2012, 2013, 2016 a, 2017 c, 2018 a, 2018 b, 2019; Čičić-Močić 2014, 2016, 20
Freshwater fishes (Petromyzonti, Elasmobranchii, and Actinopteri) of Bosnia and Herzegovina: an updated inventory on the biodiversity and distribution
discussion
Remarks Vuković (1963 a), Vuković & Ivanović (1971) and Sofradžija (2009) reported it as Alburnus alburnus for the waters of the Danube River Basin; Vuković (1977 a) and Bogut et al. (2006) reported the subspecies A. alburnus alburnus for the waters of the Danube River Basin.
Freshwater fishes (Petromyzonti, Elasmobranchii, and Actinopteri) of Bosnia and Herzegovina: an updated inventory on the biodiversity and distribution
distribution
Origin and geographic range in BiH Native. Danube River Basin.
Freshwater fishes (Petromyzonti, Elasmobranchii, and Actinopteri) of Bosnia and Herzegovina: an updated inventory on the biodiversity and distribution
biology_ecology
Habitat. Open waters of lakes and medium to large rivers. Forages near surface. In winter, forms large aggregations in backwaters and other still waters. Spawns in shallow riffles or on rocky lake shores, occasionally over submerged vegetation. Biology. Gregarious. Spawns first time at 2 – 3 years. Usually spawns in one or two seasons, in May – August at temperatures above 12 ° C, 2 – 4 times at intervals of 1 – 2 weeks, early in morning. Larvae inhabit littoral zone of rivers and lakes, juveniles leave banks and occupy pelagic habitats feeding on plankton, drifting insects or invertebrates fallen on water surface. In Europe, scales were once used to make Essence d’Orient, a coating for artificial pearls.
Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2362925.