common bream

Also known as Abramis brama

species of fish

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The common bream is a freshwater fish species found in European waters that is valued both as food and as a target for recreational fishing. It plays an ecological role in its freshwater habitats and remains economically important to commercial and sport fishing industries across the regions where it lives.

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Species

Least Concern

bronze bream

Species

PhylumChordata
ClassTeleostei
OrderCypriniformes
FamilyCyprinidae

Habitatbrackish, freshwater

Observations3,496

Bream is a grayish brown fish belonging to the carp family. It can live up to 15 years. Bream is a typical fish for cloudy nutrient-rich water which often contains lots of algae. It looks for food by snuffling in the muddy bottom with its snout. This makes the water cloudy. In such 'breamy' water, its enemy the pike is unable to hunt well.

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taxon name: Abramis brama
Commons category: Abramis brama
Commons gallery: Abramis brama
taxon common name: lahna
short name: A. brama

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The common bream (Abramis brama), also known as the freshwater bream, bream, bronze bream, carp bream or sweaty bream, is a European species of freshwater fish in the family Leuciscidae. It is now considered to be the only species in the genus Abramis.

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