Cyprinidae

Alburnus atropatenae

Alburnus atropatenae

A bleak of the Urmia basin in Iran and Turkey

• White
• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• West Asia
• Fusiform
• Small
• Tropical fish

Alburnus atropatenae, the Urmia bleak, is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the minnows, daces and related fishes. This species is found in the Lake Urmia drainage basin in the provinces of East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan in Iran, as well as eastern Turkey.