---
title: "Kolblei"
description: "Blicca bjoerkna — Vissen. Blicca is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/silver-bream
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Kolblei

> Blicca bjoerkna — Vissen. Blicca is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae.

- Scientific name: *Blicca bjoerkna*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 1430
- Wikidata: [Q183407](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q183407)
- iNaturalist taxon: [95811](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/95811)

## Names

- en: Silver Bream
- de: Güster
- es: Brema Blanca
- fr: Brème bordelière
- nl: Kolblei
- pt: Abramis bjoerkna
- pl: Krąp

## Countries with the most observations

RU (567), UA (137), FI (78), PL (76), NL (50), HU (43), GB (37), CZ (36), FR (30), DE (28), BE (26), LT (24)

## Summary

Blicca is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae. The only species in the genus is Blicca bjoerkna, the white bream or silver bream. This species is found in Europe and Western Asia.

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

## Photo

![Kolblei](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/silver-bream/medium.jpg)

Photo: Nicolás Tamargo · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/138093452

## Machine access

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