Bleak
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| Alburnus alburnus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
The bleak is a small fish of the Cyprinid family, allied to the bream and the minnow, but with a more elongate body, resembling a sardine. The maximum length is approximately 25 cm. It is found in European streams. The bleak has a varied diet and feeds upon small molluscs, insect larvae, worms, small shellfish and plant detritus.
The scales of the bleak are used to make a silver pigment called the Essence Orientale and artificial pearls. In Sweden, the roe is used for a kind of caviar, löjrom.
[edit] References
- Alburnus alburnus (TSN 163663). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 24 January 2006.
- "Alburnus alburnus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. 10 2005 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2005.
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
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