#2097 · 🐟 fish

Silver Bream

🇳🇱 Kolblei ·Blicca bjoerkna

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in the Netherlands

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Jörg Freyhof · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © John D Reynolds · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Viridiflavus · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © Serge M. Appolonov · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © David Renoult · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © David Renoult · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Damir Yumagulov / Дамир Юмагулов · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Harka, Akos · CC BY 4.0
9. © Norbert VERNEAU · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

Blicca bjoerkna , alternatively called the white bream or the silver bream , is a European species of freshwater fish in the Cyprinidae family.

base stats

NL sightings 51iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,464iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 51 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #26 most seen of the fish in NL.
1,464 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).