Cyprinidae

Black Amur bream

Megalobrama mantschuricus

Carp from the South China Sea

• Black
• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• East Asia
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Megalobrama mantschuricus, the black bream, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies. This fish is found from the Amur river in eastern Russia south through the major rivers of China to northern Viet Nam.