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Class: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae Minnows
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Acanthobrama

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11 species (see list below)
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Acanthobrama centisquama Orontes bream Asia 20.2 SL 1843
Acanthobrama hadiyahensis Asia 1983
Acanthobrama lissneri Asia 12 TL 1952
Acanthobrama marmid Tigris bream Asia 29 TL 1843
Acanthobrama microlepis Blackbrow bleak Asia 25 TL 1863
Acanthobrama orontis Asia 17.6 TL 1949
Acanthobrama persidis Persian chub Asia 9.7 SL 1981
Acanthobrama telavivensis Eurasia 11 TL 1973
Acanthobrama thisbeae Asia 26.1 TL 2014
Acanthobrama tricolor Asia 1883
Acanthobrama urmianus Urmia Lake chub Asia 19 TL 1899



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