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Bream
Several species of freshwater and marine fish / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about a group of fish. For other uses, see Bream (disambiguation).
For the common bream of Europe, Abramis brama, see common bream.
Bream (/ˈbriːm/,[1] US also /ˈbrɪm/ ⓘ[1][2]) are species of freshwater fish belonging to a variety of genera including Abramis[3][4] (e.g., A. brama, the common bream), Ballerus, Blicca, Brama, Chilotilapia, Etelis, Lepomis, Gymnocranius, Lethrinus, Nemipterus, Pharyngochromis, Rhabdosargus, Scolopsis, or Serranochromis.
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Although species from all of these genera are called "bream", the term does not imply a degree of relatedness between them. Fish termed "bream" tend to be narrow, deep-bodied species. The name is a derivation of the Middle English word breme, of Old French origin.