Bream (, ) are species of

freshwater fish Freshwater fish are those that spend some or all of their lives in fresh water, such as rivers and lakes, with a salinity of less than 1.05%. These environments differ from marine conditions in many ways, especially the difference in levels of s ...

belonging to a variety of

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including ''

Abramis The common bream, freshwater bream, bream, bronze bream, carp bream or sweaty bream (''Abramis brama''), is a European species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is now considered to be the only species in the genus ''Abramis''. ...

'' (e.g., ''A. brama'', the common bream), ''

Ballerus ''Ballerus'' is a genus of cyprinid fish containing two Eurasian species. Species * ''Ballerus ballerus'' (Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus, 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 1758) (Zope) * ''Ballerus sapa'' (Peter Simon Pallas, Pallas, 1814) (White-eye ...

'', ''

Blicca ''Blicca bjoerkna'', alternatively called the white bream or the silver bream, is a European species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. Distribution ''Blicca bjoerkna'' is distributed across most of Europe and in adjacent Western Asia ...

'', '' Brama'', ''

Chilotilapia ''Chilotilapia'' is a genus of freshwater fish in the cichlid family. It contains the sole species ''Chilotilapia rhoadesii'', the Malawi bream, which is endemism, endemic to Lake Malawi in East Africa, where it prefers areas with muddy substrate ...

'', ''

Etelis ''Etelis'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Lutjanidae, the snappers. They are mostly native to the Indian and Pacific oceans with one species ''(E. oculatus)'' native to the western Atlantic Ocean. Taxonomy ''Eteli ...

'', '' Lepomis'', '' Gymnocranius'', ''

Lethrinus ''Lethrinus'' is a genus of emperors found from the eastern Atlantic Ocean through the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific Ocean. Species There are currently 27 recognized species in this genus: * '' Lethrinus amboinensis'' Bleeker, 1854 (Ambon ...

'', ''

Nemipterus ''Nemipterus'' is a genus of fish in the family Nemipteridae. They are native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans, but now also occur in the Mediterranean Sea due to Lessepsian migration. Species There are currently 28 recognized species in this ge ...

'', ''

Pharyngochromis ''Pharyngochromis'' is a genus of cichlids native to Southern Africa where they are only known from the Zambezi, Okavango, Save–Runde and Kunene basins. There are two species, which reach up to in total length, respectively. Species and ta ...

'', ''

Rhabdosargus ''Rhabdosargus'' is a genus of fish in the family Sparidae. Species There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus: * '' Rhabdosargus globiceps'' Valenciennes Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Vali ...

'', ''

Scolopsis ''Scolopsis'' is a genus of threadfin breams native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Species The currently recognized species in this genus are: * '' Scolopsis affinis'' W. K. H. Peters, 1877 (Peters' monocle bream) * '' Scolo ...

'', or ''

Serranochromis ''Serranochromis'' is a genus of relatively large, robust cichlids from freshwater habitats in mainland Southern Africa, ranging as far north as DR Congo and Tanzania, with the highest species richness in the upper Zambezi, Okavango and Congo ...

''. Although species from all of these genera are called "bream", the term does not imply a degree of relatedness between them. Fish termed "bream" tend to be narrow, deep-bodied species. The name is a derivation of the

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word ''breme'', of

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origin.

Marine species

The term sea bream is sometimes used for fish of the

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Sparidae The Sparidae are a family of fish in the order Perciformes, commonly called sea breams and porgies. The sheepshead, scup, and red seabream are species in this family. Most sparids are deep-bodied compressed fish with a small mouth separated by a ...

including '' Acanthopagrus'' (Australia), ''

Argyrops ''Argyrops'' is a genus of fishes belonging to the family Sparidae. The species of this genus are found in the coasts of Indian Ocean and near Australia. Species: *'' Argyrops bleekeri'' *'' Argyrops caeruleops'' *'' Argyrops filamentosus'' ...

'', gilt-head bream ''Sparus aurata'' (''orata'' in Italy, ''dorada'' in Spain),

black seabream The black seabream (''Spondyliosoma cantharus'') is a species of Sparidae fishes. They are recognisable by their oval compressed body and jaws containing 4-6 rows of slender teeth which are larger at the front. They are silvery in colour with bl ...

''Spondyliosoma cantharus'' and red seabream '' Pagrus'' or ''

Pagellus ''Pagellus'' is a genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and belo ...

'' species; or pomfrets (family

Bramidae Pomfrets are perciform fishes belonging to the family Bramidae. The family currently includes 20 species across seven genera. Several species are important food sources for humans, especially ''Brama brama'' in South Asia. The earlier form of t ...

References

External links

Yellowfin Bream (NSW Department of Primary Industries website)Black Bream (NSW Department of Primary Industries website)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bream Fish common names Commercial fish Paraphyletic groups

Marine species

See also

References

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