White Amur bream

White Amur bream
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Cultrinae
Genus: Parabramis
Bleeker, 1865[2]
Species:
P. pekinensis
Binomial name
Parabramis pekinensis
Synonyms[3]

Abramis pekinensis Basilewsky, 1855

The white Amur bream (Parabramis pekinensis) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies[2] This is the only species in the monospecific genus Parabramis.[3] It is native to eastern Asia, where found from the Amur River basin in Russia south to Ningbo and Shanghai in China.[4] It is an important food fish,[4] and has been introduced to regions outside its native range.[1]

The species was originally described as Abramis pekinensis by the Russian physician, zoologist and ichthyologist Stepan Ivanovich Basilewsky with its type locality given as the rivers flowing into Tschili Bay.[3] In 1865 Pieter Bleeker prposed the monotypicgenus Parabramis for this taxon.[2] The genus name is derived from the Greek word para, meaning "the side of ", and the Old French word breme, a type of freshwater fish.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bogutskaya, N. (2022). "Parabramis pekinensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T166024A1106692. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T166024A1106692.en. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Xenocyprididae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  3. ^ a b c Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Parabramis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  4. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Parabramis pekinensis". FishBase. June 2014 version.
  5. ^ Christopher Scharpf (15 November 2024). "Family XENOCYPRIDIDAE Günther 1868 (Sharpbellies)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 20 January 2025.