Megalobrama
Sign in to saveMegalobrama is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies. The fishes in this genus are native to fresh water in China and eastern Russia. The name is derived from the Greek word megalos, meaning "great", and the Old French word breme, a type of freshwater fish.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCypriniformes
- FamilyCyprinidae
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- Specimen records
- 7
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Collections
- FMNH, CAS, USNM
- Recorded in
- China, Vietnam
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Megalobrama is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies. The fishes in this genus are native to fresh water in China and eastern Russia. The name is derived from the Greek word megalos, meaning "great", and the Old French word breme, a type of freshwater fish.
== Species == Megalobrama contains the following species: Megalobrama amblycephala P. L. Yih, 1955 (Wuchang bream) Megalobrama elongata H. J. Huang & W. Zhang, 1986 Megalobrama mantschuricus (Basilewsky, 1855) Megalobrama pellegrini (T. L. Tchang, 1930) Megalobrama skolkovii Dybowski, 1872 Megalobrama terminalis (J. Richardson, 1846) (black Amur bream)
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