Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Cypriniformes > Family Cyprinidae > Subfamily Alburninae

Alburnus Rafinesque, 1820

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Alburnus albidus (Costa, 1838)
Alburnus albor (Scopoli, 1786)
Alburnus alburnus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Alburnus belvica Karaman, 1924
Alburnus chalcoides (Güldenstädt, 1772)
Alburnus hohenackeri Kessler, 1877
Alburnus macedonicus Karaman, 1928
Alburnus mandrensis (Drensky, 1943)
Alburnus mento (Heckel, 1836)
Alburnus mentoides Kessler, 1859
Alburnus sarmaticus Freyhof & Kottelat, 2007
Alburnus schischkovi (Drensky, 1943)
Alburnus scoranza Bonaparte, 1845
Alburnus strumicae Karaman, 1955
Alburnus vistonicus Kottelat & Freyhof, 2004
Alburnus volviticus Kottelat & Freyhof, 2004

Literature

original description	Rafinesque, C. S. (1820). Fishes of the Ohio River. [Ichthyologia Ohiensis, Part 5]. Western Review and Miscellaneous Magazine: a monthly publ., devoted to literature and science, Lexington, KY. v. 2 (no. 4): 235-242.
taxonomy source	Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.

Genbank

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Alburnus Rafinesque, 1820. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154284

Dr. Jorg Freyhof. Alburnus Rafinesque, 1820. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/bcf129e9-da88-420c-bae7-d889c185dbda