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Common names: Blunt snout bream, Wu-Chang fish, 团头鲂
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref: Lu, K., 1991
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: commercial | Ref: Ma, X., X. Bangxi, W. Yindong and W. Mingxue, 2003
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Zhujiang (= Pearl River) and Changjiang (=Yangze River) river drainages (Ref 33784). Reported from the provinces of Hubei and Guangdong (Ref. 33784). Present in Pearl River (45679, 89718). A popular cultured fish, introduced from its native range to other regions in the country (intensive culture and extensive stocking in all kinds of inland waters) (Ref. 55380). Also Ref. 26561, 41093.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ch.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Ma, X., X. Bangxi, W. Yindong and W. Mingxue, 2003
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Common names from other countries

Carpe de Wuchang, Carpa de Wuchang, Лещ учанский, ... more

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Xenocyprididae (East Asian minnows)
Etymology: Megalobrama: Greek, megalos = great + old French breme, bresme, a fresh water fish; 1460 (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic; depth range 5 - 20 m (Ref. 6898). Temperate; 10°C - 20°C (Ref. 13614); 32°N - 23°N

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Asia: middle reaches of Yangtze River, mainland China. Found in Newshan Lake (a bay of Liangzi Lake with an area of 256 sq km) and Yuli Lake (Ref. 9017).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 200 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 13614)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 25 - 27. Black gray in the back, silver white in the stomach. Several vertical black strips in the side. Green gray colored in all fins (Ref. 33303).

Utilized for food (Ref. 89718).

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Zhu, S.-Q., 1995. Synopsis of freshwater fishes of China. Jiangsu Science and Technology Publishing House i-v + 1-549. (Ref. 45679)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 20 January 2011

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: highly commercial; aquaculture: commercial

FAO(Aquaculture: production; Fisheries: production; publication : search) | FishSource |

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00912 (0.00763 - 0.01090), b=3.10 (3.05 - 3.15), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.3 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Megalobrama amblycephala Yih, 1955