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Jordan bream

Acanthobrama lissneri Tortonese, 1952

Status not recordedbony fish

The jordan bream (Acanthobrama lissneri) is a species in the family Cyprinidae, order Cypriniformes.

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Quick facts about the jordan bream

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the jordan bream live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the jordan bream as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Jordan

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the jordan bream endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the jordan bream classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCypriniformes
  5. familyCyprinidae
  6. genusAcanthobrama
  7. SpeciesAcanthobrama lissneri Tortonese, 1952

Synonyms Acanthobrama terraesanctae oligolepis

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • أبراميس طبرياArabic
  • cejn LissnerůvCzech
  • לבנון ליסנרHebrew
  • Колючий лещ ЛисснераRussian
  • cejn kineretskýCzech

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the jordan bream

Other species in the same genus Acanthobrama.

Yarkon bleak

Acanthobrama telavivensis

CyprinidaeNo free photo yet

Orontes bream

Acanthobrama centisquama

CyprinidaeNo free photo yet

Syrian bream

Acanthobrama tricolor

CyprinidaeNo free photo yet

Arabian bream

Acanthobrama hadiyahensis

CyprinidaeNo free photo yet

Bream-like

Acanthobrama marmid

CyprinidaeNo free photo yet

CompareJordan bream vs Yarkon bleakJordan bream vs Orontes breamJordan bream vs Syrian breamJordan bream vs Arabian bream

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the jordan bream an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the jordan bream as introduced in 1 country: Jordan, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the jordan bream?

The jordan bream (Acanthobrama lissneri) belongs to the family Cyprinidae in the order Cypriniformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Jordan bream (Acanthobrama lissneri). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/jordan-bream

MLA

“Jordan bream (Acanthobrama lissneri).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/jordan-bream.

BibTeX
@misc{jordan_bream_2026,
  title = {Jordan bream (Acanthobrama lissneri)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/jordan-bream},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}