Megalobrama

Megalobrama is a genus of cyprinid fish, consisting of six species native to fresh water in China and eastern Russia. The name is derived from the Greek 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 elongata H. J. Huang & W. Zhang, 1986
• Megalobrama mantschuricus (Basilewsky, 1855)
• Megalobrama pellegrini (T. L. Tchang, 1930)
• Megalobrama terminalis (J. Richardson, 1846) (black Amur bream)

References

• Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Megalobrama in FishBase. August 2011 version.
• Valid species list of genus Megalobrama on FishBase.