Bream (
) are species of
freshwater
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and
marine
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* ...
fish belonging to a variety of
genera
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat ...
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Abramis
The common bream, freshwater bream, bream, bronze bream, carp bream or sweaty bream (''Abramis brama''), is a European species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is now considered to be the only species in the genus ''Abramis''.
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(e.g., ''A. brama'', the
common bream), ''
Acanthopagrus'', ''
Argyrops
''Argyrops'' is a genus of fishes belonging to the family Sparidae.
The species of this genus are found in the coasts of Indian Ocean and near Australia.
Species:
*'' Argyrops bleekeri''
*'' Argyrops caeruleops''
*'' Argyrops filamentosus''
...
'', ''
Blicca'', ''
Brama'', ''
Chilotilapia
''Chilotilapia'' is a genus of freshwater fish in the cichlid family. It contains the sole species ''Chilotilapia rhoadesii'', the Malawi bream, which is endemism, endemic to Lake Malawi in East Africa, where it prefers areas with muddy substrate ...
'', ''
Etelis
''Etelis'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Lutjanidae, the snappers. They are mostly native to the Indian and Pacific oceans with one species ''(E. oculatus)'' native to the western Atlantic Ocean.
Taxonomy
''Eteli ...
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Lepomis'', ''
Gymnocranius'', ''
Lethrinus
''Lethrinus'' is a genus of emperors found from the eastern Atlantic Ocean through the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific Ocean.
Species
There are currently 27 recognized species in this genus:
* '' Lethrinus amboinensis'' Bleeker, 1854 (Ambon ...
'', ''
Nemipterus
''Nemipterus'' is a genus of fish in the family Nemipteridae. They are native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans, but now also occur in the Mediterranean Sea due to Lessepsian migration.
Species
There are currently 28 recognized species in this ge ...
'', ''
Pharyngochromis'', ''
Rhabdosargus
''Rhabdosargus'' is a genus of fish in the family Sparidae.
Species
There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus:
* '' Rhabdosargus globiceps'' Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Vali ...
'', ''
Scolopsis
''Scolopsis'' is a genus of threadfin breams native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:
* '' Scolopsis affinis'' W. K. H. Peters, 1877 (Peters' monocle bream)
* '' Scolo ...
'', or ''
Serranochromis
''Serranochromis'' is a genus of relatively large, robust cichlids from freshwater habitats in mainland Southern Africa, ranging as far north as DR Congo and Tanzania, with the highest species richness in the upper Zambezi, Okavango and Congo ...
''.
Although species from all of these genera are called "bream", the term does not imply a degree of relatedness between them. Fish termed "bream" tend to be narrow, deep-bodied species. The name is a derivation of the
Middle English word ''breme'', of
Old French origin.
The term sea bream is sometimes used for
gilt-head bream (''Sparus aurata''), (''orata'' in Italy, ''dorada'' in Spain) or
porgies
The Sparidae are a family of fish in the order Perciformes, commonly called sea breams and porgies. The sheepshead, scup, and red seabream are species in this family. Most sparids are deep-bodied compressed fish with a small mouth separated by a ...
(both family
Sparidae
The Sparidae are a family of fish in the order Perciformes, commonly called sea breams and porgies. The sheepshead, scup, and red seabream are species in this family. Most sparids are deep-bodied compressed fish with a small mouth separated by a ...
) or
pomfrets (
family Bramidae
Pomfrets are perciform fishes belonging to the family Bramidae. The family currently includes 20 species across seven genera. Several species are important food sources for humans, especially ''Brama brama'' in South Asia. The earlier form of t ...
) .
See also
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Porgie fishing
Porgy is the common name in the US for any fish which belongs to the family Sparidae. They are also called bream. Porgies live in shallow temperate marine waters and are bottom-dwelling carnivores. Most species possess grinding, molar-like teeth. ...
*
Bluegill
The bluegill (''Lepomis macrochirus''), sometimes referred to as "bream", "brim", "sunny", or "copper nose" as is common in Texas, is a species of North American freshwater fish, native to and commonly found in streams, rivers, lakes, ponds and ...
, sometimes called 'bream'
References
External links
Yellowfin Bream (NSW Department of Primary Industries website)Black Bream (NSW Department of Primary Industries website)
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Fish common names
Commercial fish