Freshwater fish
Name - Origin
λευκή βλίκα - lefkí vlíka
It is a freshwater fish (Great Encyclopedia of Cyprus, vol. 1, entry αβραμίδα μικρή,η, 28). It is 25-30 cm long. It has a small head, an oval body, a forked tail and a silvery colour. It moves in shoals and feeds on organic material (Vida 2007, entry λευκή βλίκα).
Scientific name: Blicca bjoerkna (Lat.), silver bream (Eng.) (Great Encyclopedia. Of Cyprus, vol. 1, entry αβραμίδα μικρή, 28; Vida 2007, entry λευκή βλίκα)
Cooked in the pan (Great Encyclopaedia of Cyprus, vol. 1, entry αβραμίδα μικρή, η, 28).
Functional and symbolic role
It is a fairly delicate fish and its meat is "lean and bony" (Vida 2007, entry λευκή βλίκα).
Additional information and bibliography
Pavlides A. (ed.) (1984), Great Encyclopedia of Cyprus, vol. 1, Filokypros, Nicosia.
Vida A. (2007), 365 ψάρια, Eleftheroudakis.
Online source: Freshwater fish of Cyprus, http://agrino.org/fishing/gr/htmldocs/ frswtrfish.html.
Kyriaki Panteli, Argyro Xenophontos
Foods
Fishing and fish dishes
In recent years, in Cyprus, fish was served as follows: oftá (chargrilled), fried, hoglastá (boiled), savóro (marinated), plakí (in the oven) and yahní (in tomato sauce).