Megalobrama
| Megalobrama | |
|---|---|
| Black Amur bream, Megalobrama terminalis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Xenocyprididae |
| Genus: | Dybowski, 1872 |
| Type species | |
| Megalobrama skolkovii Dybowski, 1872
| |
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:[1]
- 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)
References
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Megalobrama". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Megalobrama". FishBase. August 2011 version.
- Valid species list of genus Megalobrama on FishBase.