Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Genus Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Cypriniformes > Family Cyprinidae > Subfamily Leuciscinae

Abramis Cuvier, 1816

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Vertebrata*	Cuvier, 1812	accepted genus name
*Agnatha*	Cope, 1889	taxonomically included in
*Gnathostomata*	von Zittel, 1879	taxonomically included in

Genus group names

*Abramis brama*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	taxonomically included in

Children

Abramis brama (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: brasem sources: (1996). Koninklijk besluit houdende reglementering van de benamingen van visserijprodukten en verwerkte visserijprodukten. Belgisch staatsblad 07-08-1996.

French: brème sources: (1996). Koninklijk besluit houdende reglementering van de benamingen van visserijprodukten en verwerkte visserijprodukten. Belgisch staatsblad 07-08-1996.

German: Blei

Literature

taxonomy source	Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.

Genbank

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Abramis Cuvier, 1816. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154271

Dr. Jorg Freyhof. Abramis Cuvier, 1816. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/00a7f72c-72e2-41db-9933-d51b07b7f9ab