Skadar bleak
(Alburnus scoranza)

Classification

Species: Alburnus scoranza
Genus: Alburnus - Bleaks
Family: Leuciscidae - Chub family
Order: Cypriniformes - Carps
Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

General data

Scientific names: Skadar bleak
Habitat: Freshwater
Climates: Temperate, Mountain
Native: Europe
Distribution: Lake Ohrid, Bojana, Lake Skadar, Vjosa, Drin

Alburnus scoranza is a species of bleak that occurs only in the basins of rivers Bojana and Drin, and also big lakes in those basins: Lake Skadar and Lake Ohrid, in Montenegro and Albania.

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