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Megalobrama

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subfamily
  
Cultrinae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

Family
  
Cyprinidae

Scientific name
  
Megalobrama

Higher classification
  
Cyprinidae

Order
  
Cypriniformes

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Similar
  
Wuchang bream, Cyprinidae, Culter, Hemiculter, Chanodichthys

Megalobrama is a genus of cyprinid fish, consisting of six species native to fresh water in China and eastern Russia. The type species is Megalobrama skolkovii. The name is derived from the Greek word megalos, meaning "great", and the Old French word breme, a type of freshwater fish.

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)

    • References

    Megalobrama Wikipedia
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