Megalobrama
Encyclopedia
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.
Cyprinid
The family Cyprinidae, from the Ancient Greek kyprînos , consists of the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives . Commonly called the carp family or the minnow family, its members are also known as cyprinids...
fish
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
, consisting of 6 species. The type species
Type species
In biological nomenclature, a type species is both a concept and a practical system which is used in the classification and nomenclature of animals and plants. The value of a "type species" lies in the fact that it makes clear what is meant by a particular genus name. A type species is the species...
is Megalobrama skolkovii. The name is derived from the Greek
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
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 elongataMegalobrama elongataMegalobrama elongata is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Megalobrama....
H. J. Huang & W. Zhang, 1986 - Megalobrama mantschuricusMegalobrama mantschuricusMegalobrama mantschuricus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Megalobrama....
(Basilewsky, 1855) - Megalobrama pellegriniMegalobrama pellegriniMegalobrama pellegrini is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Megalobrama....
(T. L. Tchang, 1930) - Megalobrama skolkoviiMegalobrama skolkoviiMegalobrama skolkovii is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Megalobrama....
Dybowski, 1872 - Megalobrama terminalis (J. RichardsonJohn Richardson (naturalist)Sir John Richardson was a Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and arctic explorer.Richardson was born at Dumfries. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University, and became a surgeon in the navy in 1807. He traveled with John Franklin in search of the Northwest Passage on the Coppermine Expedition of...
, 1846) (Black Amur Bream)