Abramis brama ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Fricke, Ronald, Eagderi, Soheil, Sungur, Sevil, Coad, Brian W & Hamdard, Mohammad Hamid, 2023, Fishes of Afghanistan; a revised and updated annotated checklist, Zootaxa 5305 (1), pp. 1-69 : 34

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5305.1.1

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8097246

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CA1A3C-FF8B-FFAA-38E2-1F508B946780

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Plazi

scientific name

Abramis brama ( Linnaeus, 1758 )
status

 

Abramis brama ( Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL View at ENA

[N]—Freshwater bream

Taxonomy. Original description: Cyprinus brama Linnaeus, 1758: 326 View in CoL [European lakes. Syntypes: BMNH 1853.11.12.147 (1, skin)].— Afghanistan synonyms: Abramis melaenus Agassiz, 1835 View in CoL ; Abramis vetula Heckel, 1836 View in CoL ; Abramis media Koch, 1840 View in CoL ; Abramis argyreus Valenciennes, 1844 View in CoL ; Abramis microlepidotus Valenciennes, 1844 View in CoL ; Abramis vulgaris Mauduyt, 1849 View in CoL ; Abramis gehini Blanchard, 1866 View in CoL ; Abramis brama var. sinegorensis Lukasch, 1933 View in CoL ; Abramis brama bergi Grib & Vernidub, 1935 View in CoL ; Abramis brama orientalis Berg, 1949 View in CoL ; Abramis brama danubii Pavlov, 1956 View in CoL .—Revisions: Berg (1949: 768).—Illustration: Berg (1949: 770, fig. 531).

Status in Afghanistan. First indication from Afghanistan by Banarescu (1964); listed by Coad (1981: 8) because of occurrence in contiguous drainages of Amu Darya basin.—Afghanistan materials: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Higher reach of Amu Darya basin.—General distribution: Eurasia: central and eastern Europe and Caspian Sea basin. Introduced elsewhere.—Habitat: This species occurs in a wide variety of lakes and large to medium-sized rivers. Most abundant are backwaters, the lower reaches of slow-flowing rivers, brackish estuaries, and warm, shallow lakes. Semi-anadromous individuals enter freshened parts of the sea to forage. Usually spawns in densely vegetated backwaters, floodplains, or lake shores. Nearly all surfaces can be used for spawning. Freshwater, brackish.

Economic importance. Commercially important.

Conservation. Conservation status in Afghanistan: Unknown.—IUCN: LC ( Freyhof & Kottelat 2008c).—Threats: No major threats known.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered as a keystone species.— Decline status: Unknown.—Low priority for conservation action.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Cypriniformes

Family

Cyprinidae

Genus

Abramis

Loc

Abramis brama ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Fricke, Ronald, Eagderi, Soheil, Sungur, Sevil, Coad, Brian W & Hamdard, Mohammad Hamid 2023
2023
Loc

Abramis brama danubii

Pavlov 1956
1956
Loc

Abramis brama orientalis

Berg 1949
1949
Loc

Abramis brama bergi

Grib & Vernidub 1935
1935
Loc

Abramis brama var. sinegorensis

Lukasch 1933
1933
Loc

Abramis gehini

Blanchard 1866
1866
Loc

Abramis vulgaris

Mauduyt 1849
1849
Loc

Abramis argyreus

Valenciennes 1844
1844
Loc

Abramis microlepidotus

Valenciennes 1844
1844
Loc

Abramis media

Koch 1840
1840
Loc

Abramis vetula

Heckel 1836
1836
Loc

Abramis melaenus

Agassiz 1835
1835
Loc

Cyprinus brama

Linnaeus 1758: 326
1758
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