Alburnus caeruleus, also known as the black spotted bleak or Tigris bleak is a species of ray-finned fish in the carp family, Cyprinidae. It is found in the Queiq River drainage and the Tigris–Euphrates river system in Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey.

Alburnus caeruleus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Alburnus
Species:
A. caeruleus
Binomial name
Alburnus caeruleus
Heckel, 1843[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Freyhof, J. (2014). "Alburnus caeruleus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014. IUCN: e.T19018332A19222758. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19018332A19222758.en. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Alburnus caeruleus" in FishBase. April 2006 version.