Wuchang bream
| Wuchang bream | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Cultrinae |
| Genus: | Megalobrama |
| Species: | M. amblycephala
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| Megalobrama amblycephala | |
The Wuchang bream (Megalobrama amblycephala;
Yangtze basin, China, including Liangzi Lake.[1][2] It is an important object of fish farming, and in 2012 its total production ranked 12th on the world list of most important fish species in aquaculture, with a total weight of 0.71 million tons and value of 1.16 billion US dollars.[3]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Megalobrama amblycephala" in FishBase. November 2014 version.
- ^ World aquaculture production of fish, crustaceans, molluscs, etc., by principal species in 2012 FAO statistics 2014
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