| Silver Bream | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Blicca Heckel, 1843 |
| Species: | B. bjoerkna |
| Binomial name | |
| Blicca bjoerkna (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Blicca bioerkna (Linnaeus, 1758) [orth. error] |
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The Silver Bream (Blicca bjoerkna) is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
It is found in Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Monaco, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom.
Small silver bream are similar to the carp bream Abramis brama but can be distinguished by the larger scales. Counting the scales from the front of the dorsal fin to the lateral line is the most reliable method to determine the species. Carp bream have 13 scales or more, Silver bream 11 or less. Larger specimen are easier to discern, because of different color and body shape. Silver breams have some reddish color at the base of the pectoral fins. The fins are smaller, the snout is blunt and the eyes are large.