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Silver Bream

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Silver Bream

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Also known as Blicca bjoerkna

species of fish

OverviewAI-generated

The Silver Bream, scientifically named *Blicca bjoerkna*, is a species of fish described by Linnaeus in 1758. It belongs to the family Cyprinidae within the order Cypriniformes and the class Teleostei. The species is part of the phylum Chordata and is also referred to by common names such as Yellowfin Bream, cejnek malý, bliek, kolblei, and brème bordelière. Its taxonomic status is accepted.

This organism inhabits brackish and freshwater environments. The IUCN Red List assessed its conservation status as Least Concern in 2024. The species has been documented in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.

Synthesized by Vinony from 25 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, iNaturalist, WoRMS, IUCN Red List. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Least Concern

silver bream

Species

  1. PhylumChordata
  2. ClassTeleostei
  3. OrderCypriniformes
  4. FamilyCyprinidae
Habitatbrackish, freshwater
Observations3,485

via IUCN

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Blicca
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taxon rank
species
IUCN conservation status
Least Concern
taxon name
Blicca bjoerkna
Commons category
Blicca bjoerkna
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Blicca bjoerkna
taxon common name
flire
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Encyclopedic overview

Blicca is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae. The only species in the genus is Blicca bjoerkna, the white bream or silver bream. This species is found in Europe and Western Asia.

Distribution

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Silver Bream” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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