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AlburnusAlburnus1🐟

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SpeciesCypriniformesCyprinidae
Fish

🐟Bleak

Alburnus alburnus (Linnaeus, 1758)

The bleak or common bleak 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.

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≈ 1/1,030th of your weight
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2024.

Population trendUnknown
Key measurements
Body mass
0.06 kg
Body length
0.15 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Everything we know about the Bleak

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Body mass
0.06 kgmaximum recorded
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Body length
0.15 mrecord 0.25 m · FishBasetypical adult
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Record: largest individual on record

Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Trophic level
2.7
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Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
omnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 2.7 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Volume l
0.1 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Bleak yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderCypriniformes
  4. ›familyCyprinidae
  5. ›genusAlburnus
  6. ›speciesAlburnus alburnus
Full lineage
  1. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  2. superorderCypriniphysae
  3. orderCypriniformes
  4. suborderCyprinoidei
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  7. classActinopteri
  8. subclassNeopterygii
  9. superorderCypriniphysae
  10. orderCypriniformes
  11. suborderCyprinoidei
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In other languages
laue (nb), ouklej obecná (cs), Ukelei (de), salakka (fi), ablette (fr), alver (nl) … and 22 more languages
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