Bleak

base stats

• NL sightings 40iNaturalist, research grade
• worldwide 3,944iNaturalist observations
• threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

• 👀Spotted 40 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #28 most seen of the fish in NL.
• 🌍3,944 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
• 📜Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

English

Bleak

Nederlands

Alver

scientific name

Alburnus alburnus

class

Actinopterygii

order

Cypriniformes

family

Leuciscidae

IUCN Red List

LC · least concern

sightings in NL

40

sightings in Europe

2,687

sightings worldwide

3,944

GBIF records in NL

7,132

weight

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length

—

lifespan

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named

1758

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.