Parabramis pekinensis (Basilewsky, 1855)
White amur bream
Parabramis pekinensis
photo by CAFS

Family:  Xenocyprididae (East Asian minnows)
Max. size:  55 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 4,100.0 g; max. reported age: 17 years
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater; brackish, amphidromous
Distribution:  Asia: Basin of the Amur, from Blagoveshchensk to the very mouths. Sungari, Ussuri, Lake Khanka, Liao. China south to Shanghai and Ningpo.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Feeds on higher aquatic plants. Its flesh is tasty but very bony. One of the most important commercial fishes of China (Ref. 1441).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 02 April 2020 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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