White Bream
Blicca bjoerkna (Linnaeus, 1758)
Also calledAbramis bjoerkna (por) · Blicca (ita) · Blicca bjoerkna (cat) · Blicke (deu) · Brème bordelière (fra) · Cejnek malý (ces) · Flire (dan) · Güster (deu) · Halbbrasse (deu) · Krupatica (srp) · Merfogiaid Gwyn (cym) · Nurg (est) · Paprastasis plakis (lit) · Plicis (lav)
First described in: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
description
Literature Anonymous 1886; Brusina 1892; Glowacki 1896; Ćurčić 1910; Vuković 1963 a, 1977 a; Čanković et al. 1968 a; Berberović 1980; Obratil 1982; Veljović 1982, 1985; Delić 1984; Mikavica et al. 1991; Leiner 1998; Mikavica & Savić 1999; Radević 2000; Mrakovčić et al. 2002; Bogut et al. 2006; Kottelat & Freyhof 2007; Vuković et al. 2008; Sofradžija 2009; Golub et al. 2013; Simonović et al. 2015; Nedić et al. 2016 a, 2016 b, 2018; Skenderović & Adrović 2019; Skenderović et al. 2020 b, 2021; Dekić et al. 2024.
Freshwater fishes (Petromyzonti, Elasmobranchii, and Actinopteri) of Bosnia and Herzegovina: an updated inventory on the biodiversity and distribution
distribution
Origin and geographic range in BiH Native. Danube River Basin.
Freshwater fishes (Petromyzonti, Elasmobranchii, and Actinopteri) of Bosnia and Herzegovina: an updated inventory on the biodiversity and distribution
biology_ecology
Habitat. A wide variety of shallow, warm lowland lakes and slow-flowing lower reaches of large rivers and canals. Often very abundant at bottom of large sandy rivers. Spawns along banks on submerged vegetation, roots, or shallow gravel bottoms. Biology. Predominantly nocturnal. Gregarious. Lives more than 10 years. Males first spawn at 2 years, females at 3. Most individuals spawn 2 – 3 times per season, about 10 days apart, and may spawn more than once. Spawns in early morning in May – July at temperatures above 15 ° C. Eggs are sticky, and larvae inhabit still waters. Feeds on benthic invertebrates. Often hybridises with Vimba vimba. Most reported hybrids with Abramis brama are A. brama with pharyngeal teeth 2.5 – 5.2 (as opposed to usual 5 – 5).
Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia
diagnosis
Diagnosis. Distinguished from Abramis, Acanthobrama, Ballerus, and Vimba by: ○ sub-inferior mouth, which cannot be extended as a tube / ○ 43 – 46 + 2 – 3 lateral line scales / ○ 19 – 23 ½ branched anal rays / ○ eye diameter about equal to snout length in individuals larger than 100 mm SL / ● pharyngeal teeth 2,5 – 2,5 / ○ orange or reddish base of paired fins in adults. Size up to 330 mm SL.
Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2359471.