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bramula, Leuciscus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1844:357 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 17; ref. 1010] China. No types known. Based on a Chinese painting. Subjective senior synonym of Abramis pekinensis Basilewsky 1855 -- seeEndruweit 2025:129 [ref. 42401]. •Possibly the same as Megalobrama terminalis (Richardson 1846) or Parabramis pekinensis (Basilewsky 1855) -- (Berg 1949:801, 802 [ref. 20661]). •Maybe same as Parabramis pekinensis (Basilewsky 1855) -- (Yih & Wu 1964:115 [ref. 13499]). •Status uncertain -- (Bănărescu 1970:139 [ref. 20609]). •Synonym of Parabramis pekinensis (Basilewsky 1855) -- (Chen in Chu & Chen 1989:86 [ref. 13584], Luo & Chen in Chen et al. 1998:198 [ref. 23878] with question, Bogutskaya et al. 2008:320 [ref. 30085] with question, Kottelat 2013:179 [ref. 32989] with question, Zhang et al. 2016:62 [ref. 34477] with question). •Valid as Parabramis bramula (Valenciennes 1844) -- (Endruweit 2025:129 [ref. 42401]). Current status: Valid as Parabramis bramula (Valenciennes 1844). Xenocyprididae. Distribution: East Asia: northeastern China and Russia. Introduced in Albania, Afghanistan, Red River (China, Vietnam) and Hong Kong (China). Habitat: freshwater.


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