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Cyprinidae
Jordan bream
Acanthobrama lissneri
An elongated body with a gape reaching beneath the nostrils
- Tropical
- Coastal
- Local endemic species
- Restricted distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Asia (unspecified)
- Fusiform
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Restricted distribution
Freshwater fish
Fusiform
SmallJordan bream is a freshwater fish of the Jordan River system. Its elongated body is matched by a mouth opening that reaches beneath the nostrils.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Acanthobrama
- Maximum length
- 12 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Asia: endemic to the Jordan River drainage basin, where it is widely distributed in lakes and most tributaries. In the coastal plain of Palestine it occurs only in the Nahr al-Muqatta (Qishon River).
- Conservation status
- NTNear Threatened
Class
Family
Conservation status
