Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Cypriniformes > Family Cyprinidae > Genus Blicca

Blicca bjoerkna (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Cyprinus Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Blicca*	Heckel, 1843	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Cyprinus bjoerkna*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym
*Abramis bjoerkna*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): flire sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: blei

English: silver bream sources: Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A): 1-37

German: Blicke; Halbbrasse sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: plakis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: flire sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: flire

Norwegian Nynorsk: flire

Nynorsk (Norwegian): flire sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: krąp sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: густера sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: androga sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: brema blanca sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: tahta balığı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Густера; Плоскирка європейська

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
source of synonymy	Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology.

Taxon found in 66 publications.

4 specimens with barcodes

Genbank

Link to Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (57 nucleotides; 89 proteins)
Barcode of Life (25 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Blicca bjoerkna. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154274

Dr Jorg Freyhof. Blicca bjoerkna (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=304425