Blackbrow bleak

Acanthobrama microlepis

Not Evaluated Freshwater

Maximale Länge

25,0 cm

Färbung

Pale silvery body with a …

Familie

Leuciscidae

Über

A small, slender bleak-like fish with an elongated body and dark eyebrow marking from Levantine freshwater systems. Inhabits rivers and streams of the eastern Mediterranean drainage.

Physical Description

Measurement	Value
Maximum Length	25,0 cm

Coloration

Pale silvery body with a distinctive dark blackish stripe or smudge along the supraorbital region above the eye (the 'blackbrow'); back olive-green; belly white; flanks silvery; fins pale to lightly dusky.

Habitat & Distribution

Rivers and streams of the eastern Mediterranean drainage (Israel, Jordan, Lebanon). Inhabits flowing freshwater in the Levantine coastal drainages.

Wassertyp

Freshwater

Verbreitungsgebiet

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Speisefisch & Küche

Geschmack

A small freshwater cyprinid from the Eastern Mediterranean basin; not commonly consumed. Edible but bony and small; occasionally taken in subsistence fisheries in Turkey and the Levant.

Taxonomy

Ordnung	Cypriniformes (Carps and minnows)
Familie	Leuciscidae
Arten	Acanthobrama microlepis

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Can you eat Blackbrow bleak?

A small freshwater cyprinid from the Eastern Mediterranean basin; not commonly consumed. Edible but bony and small; occasionally taken in subsistence fisheries in Turkey and the Levant.

How big does Blackbrow bleak get?

Blackbrow bleak can grow up to 25.0 cm long.

Where is Blackbrow bleak found?

Endemic to the Tigris and Euphrates river drainages of Turkey, Syria, and Iraq. Found in clear to moderately turbid lowland and foothill freshwater rivers with gravel and sandy substrates across the upper Mesopotamian region. Rivers and streams of the eastern Mediterranean drainage (Israel, Jordan, Lebanon). Inhabits flowing freshwater in the Levantine coastal drainages.

What family does Blackbrow bleak belong to?

Blackbrow bleak (Acanthobrama microlepis) belongs to the family Leuciscidae in the order Cypriniformes (Carps and minnows).