Bleak

The bleak is a small fish which lives in fresh water in Europe.

  • Origin of the name: of Latin albulus blanchâtre.

  • Description: it has a caudal fin lengthened with the silver plated scales.
  • Habitat: in the slow currents of the rivers and rivers, much more rarely in the lakes and the ponds.
  • Lifestyle: gregarious fish which lives in dense group.
  • Food: small mollusc S, larvae of insect S, Worm S, small crustacean S and remains of plants.
  • Reproduction: close to the banks and on the not very major zones, the female lays between 1.000 and 2.500 eggs.
  • Size: 17 - 23 cm
  • Longévité: 3 to 6 years

Other common nouns

  • whitebait (not to be confused with the Able of Heckel which is a species with whole share)

  • strainer
  • dormelle
  • gobio
  • lorette
  • mirandelle
  • log

References

Others

The scales of bleak are used to give an aspect given luster to the false pearls. The bleaks also are very much used by the fishermen for their promptness and the fact that they are very appreciated by the predatory ones of fresh water (Sandre, Brochet, pole…).

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