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Sim

Acanthobrama microlepis (De Filippi, 1863)

Status not recordedbony fish

The sim (Acanthobrama microlepis) is a species in the family Cyprinidae, order Cypriniformes.

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Quick facts about the sim

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 sim live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

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

  1. Iraq

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 sim 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 sim classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCypriniformes
  5. familyCyprinidae
  6. genusAcanthobrama
  7. SpeciesAcanthobrama microlepis (De Filippi, 1863)

Synonyms Abramis microlepis, Acanthalburnus microlepis, Acanthalburnus punctulatus, Acanthobrama punctulata, Alburnus brandtii, Alburnus microlepis, Alburnus punctulatus

Other names and names in other languages (9)
  • Blackbrow bleakEnglish
  • Carp breamEnglish
  • Caucasian breamEnglish
  • Eastern breamEnglish
  • أبراميس قوقازيArabic
  • ouklejice kurskáCzech
  • ՄանրաթեփուկArmenian
  • ЧернобровкаRussian
  • кавказский лещRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the sim

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

Jordan bream

Acanthobrama lissneri

CyprinidaeNo free photo yet

Bream-like

Acanthobrama marmid

CyprinidaeNo free photo yet

CompareSim vs Yarkon bleakSim vs Orontes breamSim vs Syrian breamSim vs Arabian bream

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the sim an invasive species?

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

What kind of animal is the sim?

The sim (Acanthobrama microlepis) 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). Sim (Acanthobrama microlepis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/sim

MLA

“Sim (Acanthobrama microlepis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/sim.

BibTeX
@misc{sim_2026,
  title = {Sim (Acanthobrama microlepis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/sim},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}