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Species in the genus Megalobrama: [ 7 ] records

amblycephala, Megalobrama Yih [P.-L.] 1955:116, Figs. 1 (2, 4), 2 (6, 8); Pl. 1 [Acta Hydrobiologica Sinica v. 1 (no. 2); ref. 20566] Lake Liang-Tze, Hupei, China. Syntypes: KIZ (11) from Lu-Jiang hatchery, L. Xing-Yün. •Valid as Megalobrama amblycephala Yih 1955 -- (Yih & Wu 1964:94 [ref. 13499], Bănărescu 1970:138 [ref. 20609], Wang 1984:53 [ref. 22951], Chen in Chu & Chen 1989:88 [ref. 13584], Luo 1990:164 [ref. 20057], Lu in Pan et al. 1991:100 [ref. 23876], Zhu 1995:42 [ref. 25213], Cheng & Zhou 1997:126 [ref. 26385], Luo & Chen in Chen et al. 1998:205 [ref. 23878], Cai et al. 2001:632 [ref. 25721] as amblucephala, Tang et al. 2001:12 [ref. 25373], Wang et al. 2001:106 [ref. 26566] with author as Yin [sic], Vasil'eva & Makeeva 2003:615 [ref. 27334], Takeuchi & Hosoya 2011:15 [ref. 31144], Zhang et al. 2016:61 [ref. 34477], Zhang et al. 2019:192 [ref. 36699], Chen et al. 2020:[4] 4002 [ref. 38581], Dyldin et al. 2020:98 [ref. 37569], Guo 2021:173 [ref. 38617], Dyldin et al. 2023:[15] [ref. 40328], Fricke et al. 2024:163 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Megalobrama amblycephala Yih 1955. Xenocyprididae. Distribution: East Asia: Yangtze River basin (China). Introduced in Russia and Mexico. IUCN (2011): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater.

elongata, Megalobrama Huang [H.-J.] & Zhang [W.] 1986:99 [Acta Hydrobiologica Sinica v. 10 (no. 1); ref. 16243] Yi-bin, Sechuan, China. Syntypes: IHASW 79IV0359 (1), 79IV0365 (1), 793034 (1). •Valid as Megalobrama elongata Huang & Zhang 1986 -- (Ding 1994:240 [ref. 21531], Luo & Chen in Chen et al. 1998:206 [ref. 23878], Zhang et al. 2016:61 [ref. 34477], Guo 2021:172 [ref. 38617]). Current status: Valid as Megalobrama elongata Huang & Zhang 1986. Xenocyprididae. Distribution: Yangtze River basin, China. Habitat: freshwater.

hoffmanni, Megalobrama Herre [A. W. C. T.] & Myers [G. S.] 1931:241 [Lingnan Science Journal, Canton v. 10 (nos 2-3); ref. 2115] Canton, China. Holotype: CAS-SU 24220. Paratypes: (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:33 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Megalobrama hoffmanni Herre & Myers 1931 -- (Yih & Wu 1964:95 [ref. 13499], Mai 1978:166 [ref. 13511], Lu in Kuang et al. 1986:77 [ref. 26639], Lu in Pan et al. 1991:98 [ref. 23876], Zhu 1995:42 [ref. 25213], Chen et al. 2020:[4] 4002 [ref. 38581]). •Synonym of Megalobrama terminalis (Richardson 1846) -- (Bănărescu 1970:137 [ref. 20609], Zheng et al. 1989:110 [ref. 21202], Luo 1990:162 [ref. 20057], Luo & Chen in Chen et al. 1998:201 [ref. 23878], Kottelat 2013:122 [ref. 32989], Endruweit 2025:126 [ref. 42401]). Current status: Synonym of Megalobrama terminalis (Richardson 1846). Xenocyprididae. Habitat: freshwater.

mantschuricus, Abramis Basilewsky [S.] 1855:239 [Nouveaux mémoires de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou v. 10; ref. 200] Brought to Beijing [Peking], from Mongolia and Manchuria, China. No types at ZIN. Combined with a feminine genus, the adjective should be mantschurica. •Valid as Megalobrama mantschurica (Basilewsky 1855) -- (Vasil'eva & Makeeva 2003:620 [ref. 27334] as mantschuricus, Bogutskaya et al. 2008:320 [ref. 30085] as mantschuricus, Dyldin et al. 2020:105 [ref. 37569] as mantschuricus, Dyldin et al. 2023:[15] [ref. 40328]). Current status: Valid as Megalobrama mantschurica (Basilewsky 1855). Xenocyprididae. Distribution: East Asia: China, Russia. Habitat: freshwater.

pellegrini, Parosteobrama Tchang [T.-L.] 1930:50, Fig. 4 [Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France v. 55 (no. 1); ref. 4366] Szechuan, China. Syntypes: (2) MNHN 1934-0137 (1). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1948:81 [ref. 19574] with MNHN 1934-137 as holotype. •Synonym of Megalobrama terminalis (Richardson 1846) -- (Berg 1949:801 [ref. 20661], Yih & Wu 1964:94 [ref. 13499], Bănărescu 1970:137 [ref. 20609]). •Synonym of Megalobrama mantschurica (Basilewsky 1855) -- (Vasil'eva & Makeeva 2003:620 [ref. 27334] as mantschuricus). •Valid as Megalobrama pellegrini (Tchang 1930) -- (Luo 1990:164 [ref. 20057], Ding 1994:239 [ref. 21531], Luo & Chen in Chen et al. 1998:204 [ref. 23878], Tang et al. 2001:12 [ref. 25373], Cai et al. 2001:632 [ref. 25721], Vasil'eva & Makeeva 2003:615 [ref. 27334], Zhang et al. 2016:61 [ref. 34477], Chen et al. 2020:[4] 4002 [ref. 38581], Guo 2021:170 [ref. 38617]). Current status: Valid as Megalobrama pellegrini (Tchang 1930). Xenocyprididae. Distribution: Yangtze River basin, China. Habitat: freshwater.

skolkovii, Megalobrama Dybowski [B. N.] 1872:213 [Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 22; ref. 1170] Middle and lower Amur River, Ussuri River, Sungari River, and Lake Khanka, Russia. Syntypes: ZMB 7938 [from Dybowski] (1). •Synonym of Megalobrama terminalis (Richardson 1846) -- (Berg 1949:801 [ref. 20661], Yih & Wu 1964:94 [ref. 13499], Bogutskaya & Naseka 1996:27 [ref. 22798], Naseka 1998:76 [ref. 23590]). •Synonym of Megalobrama mantschurica (Basilewsky 1855) -- (Vasil'eva & Makeeva 2003:620 [ref. 27334] as mantschuricus, Bogutskaya et al. 2008:320 [ref. 30085] as mantschuricus). •Valid as Megalobrama skolkovii Dybowski 1872 -- (Luo 1990:163 [ref. 20057], Luo & Chen in Chen et al. 1998:202 [ref. 23878], Cai et al. 2001:632 [ref. 25721], Vasil'eva & Makeeva 2003:615 [ref. 27334], Zhang et al. 2016:61 [ref. 34477], Zhang et al. 2019:190 [ref. 36699], Chen et al. 2020:[4] 4002 [ref. 38581]). Current status: Valid as Megalobrama skolkovii Dybowski 1872. Xenocyprididae. Distribution: East Asia: Russia and China. Habitat: freshwater.

terminalis, Abramis Richardson [J.] 1846:294 [Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]; ref. 3742] Canton, China. No types known. Based solely on illustration by Reeves (see Whitehead 1970:209 [ref. 11606]). •Valid as Megalobrama terminalis (Richardson 1846) -- (Berg 1949:801 [ref. 20661], Yih & Wu 1964:93 [ref. 13499], Bănărescu 1970:137 [ref. 20609], Mai 1978:167 [ref. 13511], Lu in Kuang et al. 1986:76 [ref. 26639], Zheng et al. 1989:110 [ref. 21202], Luo 1990:162 [ref. 20057], Lu in Pan et al. 1991:97 [ref. 23876], Zhu 1995:42 [ref. 25213], Bogutskaya & Naseka 1996:26 [ref. 22798], Cheng & Zhou 1997:125 [ref. 26385], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:739 [ref. 24702], Naseka 1998:76 [ref. 23590], Luo & Chen in Chen et al. 1998:200 [ref. 23878], Bogutskaya et al. 2001:43 [ref. 26178], Cai et al. 2001:632 [ref. 25721], Kottelat 2001:29 [ref. 25482], Tang et al. 2001:12 [ref. 25373], Wang et al. 2001:104 [ref. 26566] dated 1845, Vasil'eva & Makeeva 2003:615 [ref. 27334], Kottelat 2013:122 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:61 [ref. 34477], Shumka et al. 2023:38 [ref. 40747], Endruweit 2025:126 [ref. 42401]). Current status: Valid as Megalobrama terminalis (Richardson 1846). Xenocyprididae. Distribution: Southeast Asia and East Asia: Vietnam and southern China. Introduced in Albania. Habitat: freshwater.