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title: "Bleak"
description: "Alburnus alburnus — Fish. The bleak or common bleak (Alburnus alburnus) is a small freshwater coarse fish of the family Leuciscidae, which includes the minnows, daces and bleaks."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/bleak
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Bleak

> Alburnus alburnus — Fish. The  bleak or common bleak (Alburnus alburnus) is a small freshwater coarse fish of the family Leuciscidae, which includes the minnows, daces and bleaks.

- Scientific name: *Alburnus alburnus*
- Category: `fish` (Fish)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers)
- iNaturalist observations: 3850
- Wikidata: [Q200473](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q200473)
- iNaturalist taxon: [93611](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/93611)

## Names

- en: Bleak
- de: Ukelei
- es: Alburno Común
- fr: Ablette
- nl: Alver
- pt: Alburnete
- pl: Ukleja pospolita

## Countries with the most observations

RU (964), UA (267), FI (144), FR (127), HU (124), PL (123), AT (111), DE (110), ES (109), PT (105), GB (70), CZ (69)

## Summary

The  bleak or common bleak (Alburnus alburnus) 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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_bleak

## Photo

![Bleak](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bleak/medium.jpg)

Photo: Liubov Ilminska · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/267279661

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/bleak?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).