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title: "Common Bream"
description: "Abramis brama — Fish. The common bream (Abramis brama), also known as the freshwater bream, bream, bronze bream, carp bream or sweaty bream, is a European species of freshwater fish in the family Leuciscidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/common-bream
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common Bream

> Abramis brama — Fish. The common bream (Abramis brama), also known as the freshwater bream, bream, bronze bream,  carp bream or sweaty bream, is a European species of freshwater fish in the family Leuciscidae.

- Scientific name: *Abramis brama*
- Category: `fish` (Fish)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers)
- iNaturalist observations: 3519
- Wikidata: [Q144534](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q144534)
- iNaturalist taxon: [92984](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/92984)

## Names

- en: Common Bream
- de: Brachse
- es: Brema europeo
- fr: Brème Commune
- nl: Brasem
- pl: Leszcz

## Countries with the most observations

RU (942), GB (331), DE (192), NL (169), FR (155), FI (151), PL (136), CZ (114), UA (112), LT (81), BE (78), DK (66)

## Summary

The common bream (Abramis brama), also known as the freshwater bream, bream, bronze bream,  carp bream or sweaty bream, is a European species of freshwater fish in the family Leuciscidae. It is now considered to be the only species in the genus Abramis.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_bream

## Photo

![Common Bream](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-bream/medium.jpg)

Photo: Микова Наталия · Public domain · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/92984

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-bream?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).