Common bleak extracted from the scales of the common bleak, so-called "Essence Orientale" or "pearl essence", (used in making artificial pearls) which is crystalline guanine. Common bleak The common bleak ("Alburnus alburnus") is a small freshwater coarse fish of the cyprinid family. The body of the bleak is elongated and flat. The head is pointed and the relatively small mouth is turned upwards. The anal fin is long and has 18 to 23 fin rays. The lateral line is complete. The bleak has a shiny silvery colour; and the fins are pointed and colourless. The maximum length is approximately 25 cm. In
Foo creature Foo creature In the "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game, the foo creature is a type of outsider creature. The foo dog and the foo lion first appeared in the first edition "Monster Manual II" (1983). The foo dog and the foo lion appeared in second edition for the Kara-Tur setting in the "Monstrous Compendium Kara-Tur Appendix" (1990). The foo dog and the foo lion appeared for the Planescape setting in the first "Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix" (1994), and the "Guide to the Ethereal Plane" (1998). A foo creature is found on the Upper Outer Planes, and can sometimes be