White Amur bream
White Amur bream | |
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Scientific 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 (Basilewsky, 1855)[2] | |
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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Parabramis pekinensis". FishBase. June 2014 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf (15 November 2024). "Family XENOCYPRIDIDAE Günther 1868 (Sharpbellies)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 20 January 2025.