Author: (Linnaeus, 1758)
FBname: White bream
Comments: Gregarious and frequents stagnant waters of lakes and reservoirs, rivers and canals with calm waters.  Occurs in a wide variety of shallow, warm lowland lakes and slow-flowing lower reaches of large rivers and canals.  Frequently very abundant on bottom of large sandy rivers.  Larvae live in still water bodies.  Mainly nocturnal.  Feeds on benthic invertebrates.  Spawns along shores on submerged vegetations, roots or even on shallow gravel bottom (Ref. 59043).  Reproduction takes place in May to July.  Exhibits polyandry (Ref. 6114).  Regularly hybridizes with <i>Vimba vimba</i> (Ref. 59043).  Of little interest to game fishers and consumers (Ref. 30578).  Unpopular with commercial fishers due to its small size and competition with more desired species.