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BLEAK, or BLICK (Alburnus lucidus)

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 56 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BLEAK, or BLICK (Alburnus lucidus)  , a small See also:fish of the Cyprinid See also:family, allied to the See also:bream and the See also:minnow, but with a more elongate See also:body, resembling a sardine . It is found in See also:European streams, and is caught by anglers, being also a favourite in aquariums . The well-known and important See also:industry of " Essence Orientate " and artificial pearls, carried on in See also:France and See also:Germany with the crystalline silvery colouring See also:matter of the See also:bleak, was introduced from See also:China about the See also:middle of the 17th See also:century .

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