Sun bleak
D-Moderlieschen; GB-Sunbleak, belica; DK-Regnløje; PL-Pospolita, owsianka; LT-Saulažuvė; LV-Ausleja; EST-Mudamaim; RU-Верховка; FIN-Allikkosalakka; S-Groplöja
Characters
1) Mouth superior.
2) Incomplete lateral line (not reaching along entire side).
3) Pelvic fins end before origin of dorsal fin.
●) Body very elongated; uniformely silvery with dark blueish band on caudal part of flanks.
Often 6 to 8 cm, up to max. 12 cm length.
Similar species
Bleak - lateral line complete; anal fin much longer (more than half the distance from origin of anal fin to origin of caudal fin).
Vendace - with adipose fin.
Herring - larger, less steep mouth; pelvic fin origin below dorsal fin.
Sprat - larger, less steep mouth; belly serrated (with scutes); anal fin originates clearly posterior of end of dorsal fin.
Biology
Lives near the surface in swarms, often near dense vegetation in slow-flowing oder standing waterbodies. In the spawning season pairs of them meet together. Females deposit their eggs (about 150) in form of a band on a plant stem; males undertake brood care.Diet
They feed on zoo- and phytoplankton, as well as on insects.Importance
Of no commercial importance.Endangerment
Presumably not endangered.Leucaspius delineatus
