Alburnoides bipunctatus

Alburnoides bipunctatus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Leuciscinae
Genus:	Alburnoides
Species:	A. bipunctatus
Binomial name
Alburnoides bipunctatus (Bloch, 1782)
Synonyms
Abramis bipunctatus (Bloch, 1782) Alburnoides bipunctatus armeniensis (non Dadikyan, 1972) Alburnoides bipunctatus rossicus Berg, 1924 Alburnoides bipunctatus rossicus kubanicus (non Berg, 1932) Alburnoides bipunctatus smyrnaea Pellegrin, 1927 Alburnoides bipunctatus strymonicus Chichkoff, 1940 Alburnoides bipunctatus thessalicus (non Stephanidis, 1950) Alburnoides bipunctatus tzanevi Chichkoff, 1933 Alburnoides maculatus (Kessler, 1859) Alburnoides rossicus Berg, 1924 Alburnus bipunctatus (Bloch, 1782) Alburnus bipunctatus ohridanus (non Karaman, 1928) Alburnus bipunctatus prespensis (non Karaman, 1924) Alburnus eichwaldii (non De Filippi, 1863) Alburnus maculatus Kessler, 1859 Aspius bipunctatus (Bloch, 1782) Aspius fasciatus (non Nordmann, 1840) Cyprinus annoni Walbaum, 1792 Cyprinus bipunctatus Bloch, 1782 Cyprinus blockii Nau, 1787 Cyprinus gronovii Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Cyprinus punctatus Shaw, 1804 Cyprinus riemling Hermann, 1804 Cyprinus sanderi Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Cyprinus spirlin Lacepède, 1803 Cyprinus tinca notha Walbaum, 1792 Leuciscus baldneri Valenciennes, 1844 Leuciscus bipunctatus (Bloch, 1782) Spirlinus bipunctatus (Bloch, 1782)

Alburnoides bipunctatus, known vernacularly as the schneider, spirlin, bleak, and others,^[1] is a species of small (9-cm average length) freshwater fish in the Cyprinidae family. It is found in Afghanistan, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iran, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. This fish inhabits rivers with very calm waters, and it eats dead insects and insect larvae, diatoms, and crustaceans. It reproduces during April to June.^[2]

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