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Wuchang bream

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Species of fish

Wuchang bream
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Cultrinae
Genus: Megalobrama
Species: M. amblycephala
Binomial name
Megalobrama amblycephala
P. L. Yih, 1955
Global aquaculture production of Wuchang bream (Megalobrama amblycephala) in thousand tonnes from 1950 to 2022, as reported by the FAO

The Wuchang bream (Megalobrama amblycephala; Chinese: 武昌魚; pinyin: Wǔchāng yú) is a species of cyprinid fish native to bodies of water throughout the Yangtze basin, China, including Liangzi Lake. It is an important object of fish farming, and in 2012 its total production ranked 12th on the world list of most important fish species in aquaculture, with a total weight of 0.71 million tons and value of 1.16 billion US dollars.

References

  1. ^ Zhao, H. (2011). "Megalobrama amblycephala". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011. IUCN: e.T166011A6167720. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T166011A6167720.en. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Megalobrama amblycephala". FishBase. November 2014 version.
  3. "Fisheries and Aquaculture - Global Production". Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Retrieved 2024-05-06.
  4. World aquaculture production of fish, crustaceans, molluscs, etc., by principal species in 2012 FAO statistics 2014
Taxon identifiers
Megalobrama amblycephala


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