Parabramis pekinensis (Basilewsky, 1855)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
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 proposed the monotypic genus 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.
Wikipedia contributors, White Amur bream; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T23:30:35.122700+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Parabramis pekinensis (Basilewsky, 1855)
- Name authority
- (Basilewsky, 1855)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Parabramis
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCypriniformes
- familyCyprinidae Rafinesque, 1815
- subfamilyXenocypridinae Günther, 1868
- genusParabramis Bleeker, 1864
- speciesParabramis pekinensis (Basilewsky, 1855)
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Parabramis liaohonensis Yih & Wu, 1964 Yih & Wu, 1964 | synonym |
| Megalobrama skolkovii carinatus Dybowski, 1872 Dybowski, 1872 | synonym |
| Parabramis pekinensis strenosomus Yiu, She & Yih, 1959 Yiu, She & Yih, 1959 | synonym |
| Leuciscus bramula Valenciennes, 1844 Valenciennes, 1844 | synonym |
| Chanodicthys stenzii Popta, 1907 Popta, 1907 | synonym |
| Abramis pekinensis Basilewsky, 1855 Basilewsky, 1855 | synonym |
| Parabramis liaohoensis Yih & Wu, 1964 Yih & Wu, 1964 | synonym |
| Parabramis bramula (Valenciennes, 1844) (Valenciennes, 1844) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1013562 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4CN2L. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.