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Abramis brama in Germany, Fed. Rep.
Common bream

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Abramis brama   (Linnaeus, 1758)
Family:	Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps)			picture (Abbra_ub.jpg) by CAFS
Order:	Cypriniformes  (carps)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Common bream
Max. size:	82.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 6114); max. published weight: 6,010 g (Ref. 4699); max. reported age: 23 years
Environment:	benthopelagic; potamodromous; pH range: 7 - 7.5; dH range: 15 ; depth range - 1 m
Climate:	temperate; 10 - 24°C; 75°N - 40°N
Global Importance:	fisheries: highly commercial; aquaculture: commercial; bait: usually
Resilience:	Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.06-0.17; tm=3-5; tmax=17; Fec=90,000-340,000)
Distribution:	Europe and Asia: east from the Pyrenees and north from the Alps and Middle Asia, in the basins of the North, Baltic, Black, Caspian and Aral seas.
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 3-3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-10; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 23-30; Vertebrae: 43-45. Caudal fin with 19 rays (Ref. 2196). Tall, laterally compressed body. Fins darker in adults. Anal fin base twice as long as the dorsal fin (Ref. 35388).
Biology:	Adults occur usually in still and slow-running waters where it travels in large shoals (Ref. 9696). Feed on insects, particularly chironomids, small crustaceans, mollusks and plants. Larger specimens may feed on small fish. The juveniles feed on zooplankton (Ref. 30578). May shift to particle feeding or even filter feeding at high zooplankton abundance (Ref. 59043). Can survive out of the water for extended periods (Ref. 9988). The flesh is bony, insipid and soft (Ref. 30578). Marketed fresh or frozen. Eaten steamed, broiled, fried and baked (Ref. 9988)
Threatened:	, (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
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Main Ref:	Backiel, T. and J. Zawisza. 1968. (Ref. 873)
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Germany, Fed. Rep. country information
Common names:	Brassen, Locutis, Blei, Brachse, Brachsen, Braßmens, Brasse, Plietfische, Blacke, Bläuer, Bleg, Bleibräsem, Bleier, Bleiert, Blutige, Brachs, Brachsle, Brächsle, Brachsmann, Brachsmen, Brachsner, Bräse, Bräsem, Brasen, Brassenplieten, Breisen, Breissen, Breitelen, Breitling, Breom, Bressen, Bretling, Bretzing, Brisem, Dombrachsen, Güster, Halbfisch, Klesch, Mackel, Perlbrachsen, Reissfisch, Rheinbraxen, Scheitele, Schlaffke, Schniebpleinzen, Schrickel, Steinbrachsen, Sunnfisch, Weißfisch		Ref:  Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung, 2003
Status:	native		Ref:  Spratte, S and U. Hartmann, 1997
Salinity:	freshwater, brackish
Abundance:	common (usually seen)		Ref:  Winkler, H.M., K. Skora, R. Repecka, M. Ploks, A. Neelov, L. Urho, A. Gushin and H. Jespersen, 2000
Importance:	minor commercial		Ref:  FAO, 1992
Regulations:	no regulations		Ref:
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Not threatened in 1990 and 1996 (Ref. 41851). Found in Elbe estuary (Ref. 51031).
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/gm.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Muus, B.J. and P. Dahlström, 1968
National Database:	AGRDEU
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	Checked:  Froese, Rainer	Modified:  Sampang, Arlene G.	Entered:  Froese, Rainer

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