Acanthobrama lissneri Tortonese, 1952
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
Acanthobrama lissneri, or the Jordan bream, is a species of freshwater fish in the family Leuciscidae. It is found in Israel and Jordan. Its natural habitats are rivers and lakes, and is now commonly found in reservoirs.
Wikipedia contributors, Acanthobrama lissneri; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T18:55:53.847027+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Acanthobrama lissneri Tortonese, 1952
- Name authority
- Tortonese, 1952
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Acanthobrama
- 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
- genusAcanthobrama Heckel, 1843
- speciesAcanthobrama lissneri Tortonese, 1952
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Acanthobrama. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Acanthobrama microlepis (De Filippi, 1863) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthobrama tricolor (Lortet, 1883) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthobrama hadiyahensis Coad, Alkahem & Behnke, 1983 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthobrama persidis (Coad, 1981) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthobrama marmid Heckel, 1843 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthobrama thisbeae Freyhof & Özulug, 2014 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthobrama telavivensis Goren, Fishelson & Trewavas, 1973 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthobrama orontis Berg, 1949 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthobrama centisquama Heckel, 1843 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthobrama urmianus (Günther, 1899) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Acanthobrama terraesanctae oligolepis Karaman, 1972 Karaman, 1972 | 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.
- Tortonese, E. (1952). On a new cyprinoid fish of the genus Acanthobrama from Palestine. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12), 5 (51) (art. 29): 271–272. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222935208654290 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:64D4Q. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.