Antalya bleak Antalya bleak The Antalya bleak ("Alburnus baliki") is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus "Alburnus". It is endemic to Turkey and is commonly found in schools in clear, vegetated fresh water. The Antalya bleak is similar in appearance to other members of its genus, "Alburnus". In addition, it has 12 dorsal rays, 16-18 anal rays and 36-38 vertebra. The longest known specimen was 6.1 cm long. it is only known from Turkey and was discovered in 2000 in the Manavgat River system. Shoals of the fish were found near the surface along the river's banks, where the current
Cryptid whale Another argued hypothesis is that that pod was part of an inbred population, which led to the mutation. Another possibility is that Quoy and Gaimard observed specimens which were neither deformed nor members of an unknown species or population, but rather mistaken identification of a pair of beaked whales that, by perspective, appeared to be one single creature. The high-finned sperm whale, or the high-finned cachalot, is an alleged variant or relative of the known sperm whale, "Physeter macrocephalus", with an unusually tall dorsal fin from the North Atlantic. The physician Sir Robert Sibbald, in 1687, described an alleged stranded