Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Cypriniformes > Family Cyprinidae > Genus Abramis

Abramis brama (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Cyprinus Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Abramis*	Cuvier, 1816	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Cyprinus brama*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): brasme sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: brasen sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: bronze bream; common bream; freshwater bream sources: Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;FAO. FAO Species Identification and Data Programme (SIDP). Aquatic Species Fact Sheets.

English-United States: Common Bream sources: Charles Hussey

French: brème sources: Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp.

German: Brachse; Brachsen; Brachsme; Brasse; Bresen sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp.

Greek: Λεστιά sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: karšis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: brasme sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: brasme

Norwegian Nynorsk: brasme

Nynorsk (Norwegian): brasme sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: leszcz sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: лещ; Лещ обыкновенный sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;A.Boltachev & E. Karpova, IBSS NAS Ukraine

Slovenian: ploščič sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: brema común sources: de Groot, B.; Dijkema, R.; Redant, F. (1988). Fish, shells and shellfish: an illustrated guide with descriptions, supply times and recipes of more than 400 sea and freshwater species [Vis, schelp- en schaaldieren: een geïllustreerde gids met de beschrijvingen, aanvoertijden en bereidingswijzen van ruim 400 soorten uit zee en zoet water]. Spectrum: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-274-20203. 180 pp.

Swedish: braxen sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: capak baligi; çapak balığı; çıplak balığı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Лящ звичайний sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: merfog

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (109 nucleotides; 138 proteins)
Barcode of Life (41 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (498 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Abramis brama. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154281

Dr Jorg Freyhof. Abramis brama (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=304356