Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Cypriniformes
Superfamilia: Cyprinoidea
Familia: Cyprinidae
Subfamilia: Xenocypridinae
Genera: Megalobrama
Species: M. amblycephala - M. elongata - M. mantschuricus - M. pellegrini - M. skolkovii - M. terminalis
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.
Name
Megalobrama Dybowski, 1872
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