Age and growth of common bream, Abramis brama (L.), caught at Hammam Debagh Reservoir (Guelma, northeast Algeria)

Abstract This study was conducted in Hammam Debagh Reservoir located in northeastern Algeria, which was first the subject of fish farming tests in 2001. The species tested included Chinese carp, royal carp, common carp, pikeperch, and common bream. The present work aimed to determine the age and growth of one of the most frequently caught species in the reservoir, common bream, Abramis brama. This information is essential to the knowledge of fish biology, and thereby to solving many of the problems of fish research and development. A sample of 100 common bream, A. brama, was caught with gillnets over a period of six months from December 2017 to May 2018. The results obtained fit well with the growth model and were similar to those published regarding other environments. Scales from a sample of 50 fish were read under an optical microscope, which permitted identifying five age groups. The value of the overall sex ratio (4.88) revealed a strong imbalance in favor of males throughout the study period. The relationship linking length-weight is of the minor allometry type with b < 3.

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Structure, development and function of the branchial sieve of the common bream, Abramis brama, white bream, Blicca bjoerkna and roach, Rutilus rutilus

Environmental Biology of Fishes ◽

10.1007/bf00002558 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 33 (1-2) ◽

pp. 105-124 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Coen van den Berg ◽

Ferdinand A. Sibbing ◽

Jan W. M. Osse ◽

Wim Hoogenboezem

Keyword(s):

Rutilus Rutilus ◽

Abramis Brama ◽

Structure Development ◽

Roach Rutilus Rutilus ◽

Bream Abramis Brama ◽

The Common ◽

Common Bream ◽

And Function ◽

Common Bream Abramis Brama ◽

White Bream

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Hybridization behaviour between two common European cyprinid fish species – silver bream, Blicca bjoerkna and common bream, Abramis brama – in a controlled environment

Animal Biology ◽

10.1163/157075609x417125 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 59 (1) ◽

pp. 97-108 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Michaël Ovidio ◽

Jean-Claude Philippart ◽

Billy Nzau Matondo ◽

Pascal Poncin

Keyword(s):

Fish Species ◽

Mating Success ◽

Cyprinid Fish ◽

Controlled Environment ◽

Abramis Brama ◽

Bream Abramis Brama ◽

Common Bream ◽

Common Bream Abramis Brama

AbstractThe egg release–mating comparison, heterospecific matings and mating success under two hybridization conditions – (i) mixing one sex per species and (ii) mixing both sexes from each species – were investigated to determine whether silver bream Blicca bjoerkna and common bream Abramis brama can hybridize in nature.The results revealed that non-matings in hybridization experiments of silver bream females × common bream males can be explained by territorial and aggressiveness activities observed in common bream. In common bream females × silver bream males, heterospecific matings were observed but their numbers were significantly lower than the spawning numbers, and in this experiment, a female mated with one to four heterospecific males. In mixing both sexes from both species, similar spawning – mating numbers were observed but heterospecific matings accounted for only 27% of the total matings, with 24% accounting for heterospecific matings between common bream females and silver bream males, directly or by opportunism. Mating success was characterized by the occurrence of fertilized eggs after matings.Natural hybridization occurred preferentially between common bream females and silver bream males.

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