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Abramis brama (Linnaeus, 1758)

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154281  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154281)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Cypriniformes (Order)
  11. Cyprinidae (Family)
  12. Leuciscinae (Subfamily)
  13. Abramis (Genus)
  14. Abramis brama (Species)
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marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cyprinus brama Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Abramis brama (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154281 on 2025-05-13
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2005-04-18 08:19:08Z
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Appeltans, Ward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description (of Cyprinus brama Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Abramis argyreus Valenciennes, 1844) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1844). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome dix-septième. Suite du livre dix-huitième. Cyprinoïdes.</em> 17(487-519): i-xxiii + 1-497 + 2 pp. [details] 

original description (of Abramis microlepidotus Valenciennes, 1844) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1844). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome dix-septième. Suite du livre dix-huitième. Cyprinoïdes.</em> 17(487-519): i-xxiii + 1-497 + 2 pp. [details] 

original description (of Abramis vulgaris Mauduyt, 1849) Mauduyt, F. (1849). Ichthyologie de la Vienne, ou tableau méthodique et descriptif des poissons qui vivent habituellement dans les eaux de ce département ou qui y remontent périodiquement et accidentellement. <em>Bulletin Société Académique d'Agriculture, Belles-Lettres, Sciences et Arts de Poitiers 1848.</em> v. 3, fasc. 9-12: 8-49. [details] 

original description (of Abramis vetula Heckel, 1836) Heckel, J. J. (1836). Über einige neue, oder nicht gehörig unterschiedene Cyprinen, nebst einer systematischen Darstellung der europäischen Gattungen dieser Gruppe. <em>Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte.</em> v. 1 (no. 10): 219-234, Pls. 19-21. [details] 

basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

Ecology

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication

Other

context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Danish brasen  [details]
Dutch brasem  [details]
English freshwater breamcommon breambronze bream  [details]
French brème d'eau doucebrème  [details]
German BresenBrasseBrachsmeBrachsenBrachseBlei  [details]
Lithuanian karšis  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Λεστιά  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål brasme  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk brasme  [details]
Polish leszcz  [details]
Russian Лещ обыкновенныйлещ  [details]
Slovenian ploščič  [details]
Spanish brema común  [details]
Swedish braxen  [details]
Turkish çıplak balığıciplak baligiçapak balığıcapak baligi  [details]
Ukrainian Лящ звичайний  [details]
Welsh merfog  [details]
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Abramis argyreus Valenciennes, 1844)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Abramis microlepidotus Valenciennes, 1844)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Abramis vulgaris Mauduyt, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (144 publications) (from synonym Cyprinus brama Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Abramis melaenus Agassiz, 1835)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Abramis vetula Heckel, 1836)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Abramis brama danubii Pavlov, 1956)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Abramis media Koch, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Abramis gehini Blanchard, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Abramis brama orientalis Berg, 1949)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (534 publications) 
To Dyntaxa 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Abramis brama orientalis) (from synonym Abramis brama orientalis Berg, 1949)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Abramis brama) 
To Fishbase (from synonym Cyprinus brama Linnaeus, 1758)
To Fishbase (from synonym Abramis gehini Blanchard, 1866)
To Fishbase (from synonym Abramis brama danubii Pavlov, 1956)
To Fishbase (from synonym Abramis vetula Heckel, 1836)
To Fishbase (from synonym Abramis vulgaris Mauduyt, 1849)
To FishBase images (Abramis brama, Germany, by Hartl, A.) 
To Fishipedia 
To FishSounds 
To GenBank (11331 nucleotides; 250 proteins) (from synonym Cyprinus brama Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (11331 nucleotides; 250 proteins) 
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 31 proteins) (from synonym Abramis brama orientalis Berg, 1949)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To PESI 
To ITIS
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To FishBase images (<i>Abramis brama</i>, Germany, by Hartl, A.)
To FishBase images (Abramis brama, Germany, by Hartl, A.)
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Abramis brama (Linnaeus, 1758)
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