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White Amur bream
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Cultrinae
Genus: Parabramis
Bleeker, 1865
Species: P. pekinensis
Binomial name
Parabramis pekinensis
(Basilewsky, 1855)
Synonyms

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 This is the only species in the monospecific genus Parabramis. It is native to eastern Asia, where found from the Amur River basin in Russia south to Ningbo and Shanghai in China. It is an important food fish, and has been introduced to regions outside its native range.

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. In 1865 Pieter Bleeker prposed the monotypicgenus Parabramis for this taxon. 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.

References

  1. ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ 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.
Taxon identifiers
Parabramis pekinensis
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