Megalobrama
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| Megalobrama | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Cultrinae |
| Genus: | Megalobrama Dybowski, 1872 |
| Species | |
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6, see text. | |
Megalobrama is a genus of cyprinid fish, consisting of 6 species. 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
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Megalobrama in FishBase. August 2011 version.
- Valid species list of genus Megalobrama on FishBase.
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