Bream (
) are species of
freshwater
Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the term specifically excludes seawater and brackish water, it does includ ...
and
marine fish
Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of liv ...
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 nomencla ...
including ''
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
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''.
...
), ''
Acanthopagrus
''Acanthopagrus'' is a genus of fish in the family Sparidae found in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans.
Species
There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus:
* '' Acanthopagrus akazakii'' Iwatsuki, Kimura & Yoshino, 2006 (New ...
'', ''
Argyrops'', ''
Blicca
''Blicca bjoerkna'', alternatively called the white bream or the silver bream, is a European species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae.
Distribution
''Blicca bjoerkna'' is distributed across most of Europe and in adjacent Western Asia ...
'', ''
Brama'', ''
Chilotilapia'', ''
Etelis'', ''
Lepomis'', ''
Gymnocranius
''Gymnocranius'' is a genus of emperors native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
Species
There are currently eleven recognized species in this genus, but more species are awaiting description.
* '' Gymnocranius audleyi'' J. D. ...
'', ''
Lethrinus'', ''
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 ...
'', ''
Pharyngochromis'', ''
Rhabdosargus'', ''
Scolopsis
''Scolopsis'' is a genus of threadfin breams native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to t ...
'', or ''
Serranochromis''.
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
Middle English (abbreviated to ME) is a form of the English language that was spoken after the Norman conquest of 1066, until the late 15th century. The English language underwent distinct variations and developments following the Old English ...
word ''breme'', of
Old French origin.
The term sea bream is sometimes used for
gilt-head bream
The gilt-head (sea) bream (''Sparus aurata''), known as Orata in antiquity and still today in Italy and Tunisia (known as "Dorada" in Spain, "Dourada" in Portugal and "Dorade Royale" in France), is a fish of the bream family Sparidae found in th ...
(''Sparus aurata''), (''orata'' in Italy, ''dorada'' in Spain) or
porgies (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 ...
) or
pomfrets (
family
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Ideal ...
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