Cyprinidae

Tigris bleak

Alburnus caeruleus

A bleak of the Tigris Euphrates river system

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

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