Shemaya

Weight

Not recorded

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

Not recorded

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Young per litter or clutch

Not recorded

Conservation status

Not recorded

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classTeleostei
4. orderCypriniformes
5. familyCyprinidae
6. genusAlburnus
7. SpeciesAlburnus chalcoides (Güldenstädt, 1772)

Synonyms Alburnus chalcoides aralensis, Alburnus chalcoides natio longicephala, Alburnus chalcoides sapancae, Alburnus latissimus, Alburnus longissimus, Alburnus tauricus, Chalcalburnus calcoides, Chalcalburnus chalcoides, Chalcalburnus chalcoides aralensis, Chalcalburnus chalcoides chalcoides, Chalcalburnus chalcoides danubicus, Chalcalburnus chalcoides iranicus, Cyprinus chalcoides, Cyprinus clupeoides, Leuciscus albuloides, Leuciscus mento, Vimba vimba natio sapancae

Catalogue of Life

LC, Least Concern

Common bleak

Alburnus alburnus

Cyprinidae

T

Tarek

Alburnus tarichi

CyprinidaeNo free photo yet

V

Vulturino

Alburnus albidus

CyprinidaeNo free photo yet

B

Beyşehir bleak

Alburnus akili

CyprinidaeNo free photo yet

A

Alborella

Alburnus arborella

CyprinidaeNo free photo yet

P

Prespa bleak

Alburnus belvica

CyprinidaeNo free photo yet

CompareShemaya vs Common bleakShemaya vs TarekShemaya vs VulturinoShemaya vs Beyşehir bleak

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@misc{shemaya_2026,
  title = {Shemaya (Alburnus chalcoides)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/shemaya},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}