White bream
📖 Overview
Gregarious and frequents stagnant waters of lakes and reservoirs, rivers and canals with calm waters. Occurs in a wide variety of shallow, warm lowland lakes and slow-flowing lower reaches of large rivers and canals. Frequently very abundant on bottom of large sandy rivers. Larvae live in still water bodies. Mainly nocturnal. Feeds on benthic invertebrates. Spawns along shores on submerged vegetations, roots or even on shallow gravel bottom . Reproduction takes place in May to July. Exhibits polyandry . Regularly hybridizes with Vimba vimba . Of little interest to game fishers and consumers . Unpopular with commercial fishers due to its small size and competition with more desired species.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 19 - 22; Vertebrae: 39 - 40. The only species of the genus which can be diagnosed from similar species of genera Ballerus, Blicca and Vimba by having the following characters: mouth sub-inferior, which can not be extended as a tube; scales on lateral line 43-46 + 2-3 ; anal fin with 19-23½ branched rays; eye diameter about equal to snout length in individuals larger than 10 cm SL; pharyngeal teeth 2,5-2,5; and orange or reddish base of paired fins . Caudal fin with 17-19 rays .: fusiform / normal.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for White bream is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
Exhibits polyandry, with courting tactics developed by males. Trembling and splashing movements signal release of eggs and sperms on plant substratum . Eggs are sticky .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; brackish; demersal; potamodromous ; depth range 0 - ? m. Temperate; 4°C - 20°C ; 65°N - 40°N south to Rioni drainage) and Caspian Sea basins, Atlantic basin southward to Adour drainage (France; possibly introduced southward of Loire) and Mediterranean basin in France (Hérault and Rhône drainages).
🌿 Ecology
benthic invertebrates
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Bream Flat · White Bream · silver bream |
| 🌍BEL | Гусцяра |
| 🏳️Catalan | Blicca bjoerkna |
| 🌍CES | Cejnek malý |
| 🌍CYM | Merfogiaid Gwyn · merfog gwyn |
| 🇩🇰Danish | Flire |
| 🇩🇪German | Blicke · Güster · Halbbrasse · Pliete |
| 🌍EST | Nurg |
| 🌍FAS | سیمپرک · ماهی سیمنما |
| 🇫🇮Finnish | pasuri |
| 🇫🇷French | Brème bordelière |
| 🇭🇺Hungarian | karikakeszeg |
| 🌍HYE | Փայլաձուկ |
| 🇮🇹Italian | Blicca |
| 🌍KAZ | Балпан балық |
| 🌍LAV | Plicis |
| 🌍LIT | Paprastasis plakis · plakis |
| 🇳🇱Dutch | blei · bliek, kolblei · kolblei |
| 🌍NNO | flire · sørv |
| 🌍NOB | flire · sørv |
| 🇵🇱Polish | krąp |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Abramis bjoerkna |
| 🇷🇺Russian | густера |
| 🌍SLK | piest zelenkavý |
| 🌍SLV | androga |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | brema blanca |
| 🌍SRP | Krupatica · крупатица |
| 🇸🇪Swedish | björkna |
| 🌍TUR | tahta baligi · tahta balığı |
| 🌍UKR | Густера · Плоскирка · Плоскирка звичайна · Плоскирка європейська |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abramis bjoerkna | Linnaeus | 1758 | Synonym |
| Abramis bjorkna | Linnaeus | 1758 | Synonym |
| Abramis blicca | Bloch | 1782 | Synonym |
| Abramis erythropterus | Valenciennes | 1844 | Synonym |
| Abramis micropteryx | Valenciennes | 1844 | Synonym |
| Barbus bjoerkna | Linnaeus | 1758 | Homotypic |
| Barbus bjoerkna derjavini | Dadikyan | 1970 | Synonym |
| Blicca argyroleuca | Heckel | 1843 | Synonym |
| Blicca bjoekna | Linnaeus | 1758 | Synonym |
| Blicca bjoerkna bjoerkna | Linnaeus | 1758 | Synonym |
| Blicca bjoerkna derjavini | Dadikyan | 1970 | Synonym |
| Blicca bjoerkna transcaucasica | Berg | 1916 | Synonym |
| Blicca bjorkna | Linnaeus | 1758 | Heterotypic |
| Blicca intermedia | Fatio | 1882 | Heterotypic |
| Bliccopsis abramorutilus | Siebold | 1863 | Synonym |
| Bliccopsis rutiloblicca | Amitt | 1895 | Synonym |
| Brama isognathus | Bleeker | 1863 | Synonym |
| Cyprinus bjoerkna | Linnaeus | 1758 | Homotypic |
| Cyprinus blicca | Bloch | 1782 | Synonym |
| Cyprinus gibbosus | Pallas | 1814 | Synonym |
| Cyprinus gieben | Wulff | 1765 | Synonym |
| Cyprinus laskyr | Güldenstädt | 1814 | Synonym |
| Cyprinus latus | Gronow | 1854 | Synonym |
| Cyprinus meckel | Hermann | 1804 | Synonym |
| Cyprinus plestya | Leske | 1774 | Synonym |
🦠 Common Diseases
The following diseases are known to affect White bream.
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 37 records indexed .
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