Animalia > Chordata > Cypriniformes > Cyprinidae > Mirogrex > Mirogrex terraesanctae

Mirogrex terraesanctae (Kinneret bleak)

Synonyms: Acanthobrama terrae-sanctae; Acanthobrama terraesanctae

Wikipedia Abstract

Acanthobrama terraesanctae, the Kinneret bream, is a species of freshwater fish in the Cyprinidae family. It is known from two lakes: Lake Tiberias (Sea of Galilee, Lake Kinneret), Israel, and Lake Muzarib, Syria. This is a small planktivorous fish, typically about 14 cm long, occurring near surface in large schools. It is very abundant in Lake Tiberias, whereas there is little information on the other lake, which is small (0.5 km2) and can hold a small population anyway.
View Wikipedia Record: Mirogrex terraesanctae

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Carassius carassius (Crucian carp)1
Colossoma macropomum (Tambaqui)1
Economidichthys pygmaeus (Goby)1
Gasterosteus aculeatus (Alaskan stickleback)2
Salvelinus alpinus (Arctic charr)1

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Azoulay, B. and M. Gophen, 1992. Feeding habits of larval Mirogrex terraesanctae (Steinitz, 1952) in Lake Kinneret I. Field study. Hydrobiologia 246(3):243-249
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0