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Photo: Sue North |
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Latin name: Abramis brama
Size: Up to 75cms
Distribution: Found throughout the U.K.
Months seen: All year round
Food: Small water insects
Habitat: Slow-flowing rivers, lakes and reservoirs
Special features: The common bream is bronze scoloured scales and dark
fins. The mouth parts look large, and are specially adapted for bottom feeding.
The photo above shows the Silver bream, Blicca bjoerkna, which has bigger eyes and smaller mouth.
They are generally smaller than the common bream, growing to around 35cms.
Spawning takes place around May when bream can congregate in large shoals close
to the river banks.
UK Safari Freshwater Section
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