Acanthobrama, Heckel, 1843

Freyhof, JÖrg, Yoğurtçuoğlu, Baran, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash & Kaya, Cüneyt, 2025, Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia, De Gruyter : 273-274

Acanthobrama

Acanthobrama comprises medium-sized fish endemic to West Asia. They are distinguished by a long anal fin, an often-thickened last unbranched dorsal ray, and a usually scaleless ventral keel between the anus and the pelvic base. All species prefer lacustrine habitats as well as larger rivers and streams. Several species are of major conservation concern. Acanthobrama centisquama and A. tricolor have not been found for decades. Acanthobrama telavivensis was saved at the last moment and was even extinct in the wild for some years. Acanthobrama breams form one monophyletic lineage together with breams of the genera Abramis , Ballerus , Blicca , Mirogrex , and Vimba , and there had been several discussions to place these all into one genus, Abramis . The Aegean Acanthobrama mirabilis is a synonym of Vimba vimba , the Caucasian genus Acanthalburnus is a synonym of Acanthobrama , the southern Levantine genus Mirogrex has been revalidated, and the Iranian Leuciscus persidis has been placed in Acanthobrama . The phylogenetic position of A. tricolor has yet to be studied. Capoetobrama kuschakewitschi , a bream-like fish from the Aral basin, represents a distinct genus of breams. Further reading. Freyhof & Özuluğ 2014 (species); Perea et al. 2010 (phylogeny); Sheraliev & Peng 2021 ( Capoetobrama ).

Acanthobrama centisquama ; Lake Amik, Türkiye; 147 mm SL.