Wuchang bream

The Wuchang bream (Megalobrama amblycephala; Chinese: 武昌魚; pinyin: Wǔchāng yú) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies. This species is found in bodies of water throughout the Yangtze basin, China, including Liangzi Lake.^[1][2] It is an important object of fish farming, and in 2012 its total production ranked 12th on the world list of most important fish species in aquaculture, with a total weight of 0.71 million tons and value of 1.16 billion US dollars.^[4]

Wuchang bream
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Suborder:	Cyprinoidei
Family:	Xenocyprididae
Genus:	Megalobrama
Species:	M. amblycephala
Binomial name
Megalobrama amblycephala P. L. Yih, 1955[2]

Global aquaculture production of Wuchang bream (Megalobrama amblycephala) in thousand tonnes from 1950 to 2022, as reported by the FAO^[3]