Narrative

Common European bream (Abramis brama) is found from the British Isles and France north to Sweden and then east to the area north of the Black Sea to areas near the Caspian Sea and even further east than the Aral Sea. The common bream can grow to about 12 to 16 inches with records near 32 inches in length. The bream has a flatnened deep bodied body with less than 60 scales long the lateral line. This bottom feeding fish stands on its head when feeding.

Parts of this lifeform are edible. This lifeform is found in freshwater such as lakes or rivers. This lifeform is locally common.

This lfieform is found in Europe.

Bream genus (Abramis) of flat bodied fish contains several representatives in the European area. The common bream (Abramis brama) can be up to 36 inches in length. The Danube bream (Abramis sapa) of eastern Europe to the Aral Sea is less than 12 inches in length. The Zope (Abramis ballerus) with a disjointed range in northern Europe and eastern Europe to the Caspian Sea is normally less than 16 inches in length.

Carp and minnow family, Cyprinidae, is a group of freshwater fishes that contains the carp, the familiar goldfish, the bream, the minnows, barbs, and many other kinds of fish. This family is found in the Northern Hemisphere and Africa , but is not represented with natural species in either Australia or South America. There are over 1,500 species and probably nearer 2,000 in the family. Many members of this family serve as food and bait fish for larger species. Many are popular aquarium fish. Most species have mostly soft rays in their dorsal fin.

Order Cypriniformes contains the majority of the worlds freshwater species of fish. Included in this order are the minnows, carp, and many other groups of fish.

Bony fish, Class Teleostomi, are a class of chordates that include the majority of fish-like animals found on earth. They are characterized by a bony jaw and a bony skeleton. They are found in both fresh and marine waters.

Backboned Animals (Phylum Chordata) are the most advanced group of animals on earth. These animals are characterized by having a spinal cord or backbone. Most members have a clearly defined brain that controls the organism through a spinal cord. Fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals are in this phylum.

Currently, some taxonomists believe that the fish should be divided into two groups (sharks and regular fishes) and that there are some other primitive groups in the phylum such as hagfish or lampreys.