The Bleak is a small fish of the Cyprinid family, allied to the Bream and the Minnow, but with a more elongate body, resembling a Sardine. The maximum length is approximately 25 cm. It is found in European streams.
providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape"
offering little or no hope; "the future looked black"; "prospects were bleak"; "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge; "took a dim view of things"