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Alburnus escherichii Steindachner, 1897

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Open encyclopedia reference

Alburnus escherichii, also known as the Sakarya bleak or Caucasian bleak, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Alburnus. It is native to the Sakarya River drainage in Turkey, and has been introduced into Lake Beyşehir and the Manavgat River.

Wikipedia contributors, Alburnus escherichii; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T18:58:09.994144+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Alburnus escherichii Steindachner, 1897
Name authority
Steindachner, 1897
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Cypriniformes
Family
Cyprinidae
Genus
Alburnus
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderCypriniformes
  11. familyCyprinidae Rafinesque, 1815
  12. subfamilyAlburninae Girard, 1858
  13. genusAlburnus Rafinesque, 1820
  14. speciesAlburnus escherichii Steindachner, 1897

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Alburnus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Alburnus akili Battalgil, 1942CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Alburnus amirkabiri Mousavi-Sabet, Vatandoust, Khataminejad, Eagderi, Abbasi, Nasri, Jouladeh & Vasil'eva, 2015CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Alburnus arborella (Bonaparte, 1841)CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Alburnus battalgilae Özuluğ & Freyhof, 2007CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Alburnus caeruleus Heckel, 1843CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Alburnus carinatus Battalgil, 1941CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Alburnus chalcoides (Güldenstädt, 1772)CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Alburnus demiri Özuluğ & Freyhof, 2008CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Alburnus derjugini Berg, 1923CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Alburnus filippii Kessler, 1877CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Alburnus hohenackeri Kessler, 1877CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Alburnus istanbulensis Battalgil, 1941CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Alburnus kosswigi Battalgil, 1941 Battalgil, 1941synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Steindachner, F. (1897). Bericht über die von Dr. Escherich in der Umgebung von Angora gesammelten Fische und Reptilien. Denkschriften Der Kaiserlichen Akademie Der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, v. 64: 685–699, Pls. 1–4. [Pp. 1–15 in separate]. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:BGXD. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.