Kura bleak (Alburnus filippii)

Scientific name: Alburnus filippii Kessler, 1877

Kura bleak (Alburnus filippii)

The Kura bleak (Alburnus filippii) is a freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae.

Species facts

Scientific name
Alburnus filippii
Family
Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps)
Order
Cypriniformes (Carps)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
16.0
Environment
Freshwater; benthopelagic
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
Former USSR: Basin of the Kura (from the upper to the lower reaches with the tributaries) and the Aras (also lakes of Chaldyr-gel and Aiger-gel), rivers of the Lenkoran District and Safid-rud.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assuming Fec

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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