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Abramis brama (Linnaeus, 1758)

Freshwater bream
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Turkey country information

Common names: Capak baligi, Çapak balıgı, Çapak balığı
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from the European Black Sea watersheds and Caspian Sea watersheds (Ref. 58342). Distributed in Thracian and Northwestern Anatolian lakes, in Sakaraya and Yesilirmak (Ref. 33550). Recorded from Marmara basin (Ref. 59043); Aegean, Black Sea watersheds and Kura-Aras River Basin (Ref. 106151). Threatened by the construction of weirs/dams in rivers (Ref. 58342). Also Ref. 116794. Status of threat: Data deficient (Ref. 58342). EurTurk.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/tu.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bogutskaya, N.G., 1997
National Database: CLOMFOT

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Leuciscidae (Minnows) > Leuciscinae
Etymology: Abramis: Greek, abramis, -idos = a fish, grey mullet (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; pH range: 7.0 - 7.5; dH range: 15 - ?; potamodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 1 - ? m (Ref. 9696).   Temperate; 10°C - 24°C (Ref. 2059); 75°N - 40°N, 11°W - 73°E

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