Arabian Bream

Acanthobrama hadiyahensis

Not Evaluated Freshwater

体色

Silvery to pale golden-yellow body …

科

Leuciscidae

简介

A freshwater bream from river systems of the Arabian Peninsula. Has a deep-bodied, laterally compressed form typical of the genus. Freshwater species of conservation concern in arid regions.

Physical Description

Coloration

Silvery to pale golden-yellow body with an olive-green back; scale margins slightly darker giving a lightly scaled appearance; typical levantine cyprinid form; belly pale silvery-white; fins clear to pale.

Habitat & Distribution

River systems of the Arabian Peninsula and adjacent Middle East. Inhabits perennial and seasonal freshwater streams in arid to semi-arid regions.

水质类型

Freshwater

地理分布

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食用性与烹饪

口味

A poorly documented Arabian freshwater cyprinid; rarely consumed. Endemic to a limited drainage in the Arabian Peninsula; too uncommon and small to be of any commercial culinary significance.

Taxonomy

目	Cypriniformes (Carps and minnows)
科	Leuciscidae
物种	Acanthobrama hadiyahensis

常见问题

Can you eat Arabian Bream?

A poorly documented Arabian freshwater cyprinid; rarely consumed. Endemic to a limited drainage in the Arabian Peninsula; too uncommon and small to be of any commercial culinary significance.

Where is Arabian Bream found?

Known from the Tigris and Euphrates river drainages of Iraq, including freshwater tributaries in the Mesopotamian lowland region. Inhabits slow, turbid lowland rivers and irrigation channels of the ancient Fertile Crescent. River systems of the Arabian Peninsula and adjacent Middle East. Inhabits perennial and seasonal freshwater streams in arid to semi-arid regions.

What family does Arabian Bream belong to?

Arabian Bream (Acanthobrama hadiyahensis) belongs to the family Leuciscidae in the order Cypriniformes (Carps and minnows).