Parabramis pekinensis
(Basilewsky, 1855)
White amur bream

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Classification / Names

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Xenocyprididae (East Asian minnows)
Etymology: Parabramis: Greek, para = the side of + old French breme, bresme, a fresh water fish; 1460 (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Basilewsky.

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

Brackish; freshwater; benthopelagic; amphidromous (Ref. 51243); 10°C - 20°C (Ref. 13614) preferred ?; temperate; 54°N - 23°N112°E - 142°E.

Distribution

Asia: Basin of the Amur, from Blagoveshchensk to the very mouths. Sungari, Ussuri, Lake Khanka, Liao. China south to Shanghai and Ningpo.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 35.0, range ? - ? cm
Max length: 55.0 cm TL male/unsexed (Ref. 1441); common length: 8.5 cm SL male/unsexed (Ref. 35840); max. published weight: 4.1 kg (Ref. 1441); max. reported age: 17 years (Ref. 56557).

Biology

Feeds on higher aquatic plants. Its flesh is tasty but very bony. One of the most important commercial fishes of China (Ref. 1441).

Life cycle and mating behavior

Assuming standard cyprinid reproduction. Replace ASAP.

Main reference

Bogutskaya, N.G. and A.M. Naseka 1996 Cyclostomata and fishes of Khanka Lake drainage area (Amur river basin). An annotated check-list with comments on taxonomy and zoogeography of the region. Zool. Inst. Russ. Acad. Sci. :89 p. (Ref. 13397)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 125652)

  Least Concern (LC); date assessed: April 02 2020

CITES (Ref. 131153)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

More information
Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD50 = 1 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01047 (0.00789 - 0.01390), b=3.06 (2.98 - 3.14), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 2.0 ±0.0 se; Based on food items.

Generation time: 11.4 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2 growth studies.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.1).

Fishing vulnerability (Ref. 59153): High to very high vulnerability (66 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 0 [0, 0] mg/100g; Iron = 0 [0, 0] mg/100g; Protein = 0 [0, 0] %; Omega3 = 0 [0, 0] g/100g; Selenium = 0 [0, 0] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 [0, 0] μg/100g; Zinc = 0 [0, 0] mg/100g (wet weight);