bronze bream
Abramis brama (Linnaeus, 1758)
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 common bream (Abramis brama), also known as the freshwater bream, bream, bronze bream, carp bream or sweaty bream, is a European species of freshwater fish in the family Leuciscidae. It is now considered to be the only species in the genus Abramis.
Wikipedia contributors, Common bream; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T02:56:54.001686+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Abramis brama (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Name authority
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common name
- bronze bream
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Abramis
- 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
- subfamilyLeuciscinae Bonaparte, 1835
- genusAbramis Cuvier, 1816
- speciesAbramis brama (Linnaeus, 1758)
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 |
|---|---|
| Cyprinus brama Linnaeus, 1758 Linnaeus, 1758 | synonym |
| Abramis brama bergi Grib & Vernidub, 1935 Grib & Vernidub, 1935 | synonym |
| Abramis gehini Blanchard, 1866 Blanchard, 1866 | synonym |
| Abramis brama orientalis Berg, 1949 Berg, 1949 | synonym |
| Abramis brama sinegorensis Lukash, 1925 Lukash, 1925 | synonym |
| Abramis microlepidotus Valenciennes, 1844 Valenciennes, 1844 | synonym |
| Abramis brama danubii Pavlov, 1956 Pavlov, 1956 | synonym |
| Abramis argyreus Valenciennes, 1844 Valenciennes, 1844 | synonym |
| Abramis media Koch, 1840 Koch, 1840 | synonym |
| Abramis melaenus Agassiz, 1835 Agassiz, 1835 | synonym |
| Abramis vetula Heckel, 1836 Heckel, 1836 | synonym |
| Abramis vulgaris Mauduyt, 1849 Mauduyt, 1849 | 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=154281 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:63ZV8. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.