By what signs can you distinguish bream from silver bream?

Podleschik

The bream is the so-called immature young bream, which belongs to the only genus of Bream of the Carp family, so in some way it is a close “relative” of the silver bream.

Found in the following fresh water bodies:

The breams live in the following areas of reservoirs:

• between the holes at the bottom;
• in sandy or clay drops and slopes.

They eat the following foods:

• larvae;
• worms;
• fry of another fish;
• small crustaceans.

Useful tips for fishermen about catching bream:

• Unlike adult bream, bream are always located quite close to the shore , so it is easier to catch;
• the bream loves to eat , so it won’t keep you waiting long if you use its favorite food as bait;
• this fish is quite shy , so it is better to remain quiet when catching it;
• if you catch one bream, then it is recommended to cast your fishing rod in that very place , since there may be a whole cluster of bream there;
• breams swim along the same routes all the time;
• float to the surface of the water at noon ;
• The greatest biting activity for scavengers occurs in the winter;
• The most effective bait for bream is considered to be a small moth mixed with crackers;
• Favorite porridges are wheat and pea.

Since bream are immature bream babies, they do not reproduce.

Gustera

Gustera is a freshwater fish that belongs to the only genus Gustera and belongs to the Karpov family. This fish received this name because their schools in reservoirs are very densely packed, creating a visible density.

It lives in the temperate climate zone. The body of the silver bream has a very thin, flattened appearance.

The body height often reaches a third of the entire length of the fish, which averages 30-34 cm.

The weight of the fish varies from 200 to 800 g. White bream has fairly large eyes with dark pupils.

Compared to its body, its head is quite small with an oval, somewhat blunt nose.

The color is gray with blue variations and with silver tints on the upper part of the body.

All fins have a distinct red tint at the base, which fades to gray at the tips.

She lives in the following places:

Also, the silver bream feels good in the reservoirs of Europe, fresh lakes and spills of the Black, Azov and Baltic seas.

Useful facts about silver bream fish:

• since the silver bream cannot see at night, it will be very difficult to catch it at this time of day;
• most often the silver bream can be found in heated areas of the reservoir, since it is a heat-loving fish;
• flocks of silver bream can be seen by the air bubbles above the pond that they release;
• The silver bream happily bites on fresh maggots, which need to be hooked several at a time.

Since in the summer the silver bream has plenty of food and its diet is quite large, during this period it will not be very willing to take any kind of bait.

But, starting from early autumn, namely from September, things change dramatically and the silver bream begins to actively peck, as its menu deteriorates significantly.

Types of the most effective baits for silver bream:

During spawning, the paired fins of the female silver bream become even more red, and the males develop small bumps on their scales.

Comparison of silver bream and white bream:

• The silver bream can have offspring, but the white bream cannot, since it is not sexually mature;
• The silver bream is almost always thinner and lighter in weight than the bream;
• the white bream has rather small eyes that look down, while the silver bream, on the contrary, has huge pupils that can be equal in diameter to its nose;
• the white bream has from 50 to 57 scales, the silver bream has only from 43 to 50 scales;
• The silver bream is not at all afraid of noise, and the white bream is very timid;
• the white bream can reach a size of 1.5 kg, unlike the silver bream;
• The bream is usually caught at noon, and the silver bream early in the morning or at sunset;
• due to the fact that the silver bream has very large scales, it seems that some of them simply do not fit on the fish’s belly.

Description of the species

Despite the uniqueness of the genus, there are different species groups of fish, which are determined by their prevalence and habitat. The most famous include common, Danube, eastern and Volga bream. All of them have a strongly laterally compressed rounded body, which is characterized by an abnormal height of 1/3 of the length of the body. The main differences are color and size.

The standard is officially considered to be the large common bream, which is characterized by:

• sides of brown, brown or golden shades;
• fins are gray with a dark border;
• yellowish belly;
• a compact head with large eyes and a small retractable mouth-tube for sucking in small-sized plant food, which clearly answers the question of whether the bream is a predator or not.
• scaleless keel between ventral and anal fins.

Juveniles can differ significantly in color from larger bream and are often completely silver in color. The short and high dorsal fin is noticeably displaced towards the tail and has three hard and about ten soft rays. The long anal fin also has several spines and a large number of less rigid rays (22-29 pieces).

The average weight of fish varies between 1.5-3 kg. More massive individuals with a length of 30-45 cm are considered trophy. The maximum weight is 6-7 kg. But there are exceptions.

If you do not take into account official statistics and refer to the records of domestic zoologists, you can find out that the largest bream caught in Russia weighed more than 16 kg. The reservoirs of the Vitebsk province (Pskov and Smolensk regions) were once famous for such giants.

White bream fish

The largest population of bream is represented by immature young animals up to three years old and weighing 300-700 g, which are distributed in all reservoirs of Russia, with the exception of rivers with too fast a flow or a rocky bottom. Historical confusion has led to the fact that the fish, which is similar to bream and is in fact one, received its own name - bream.

Many inexperienced fishermen are sure that bream and bream are different species, and try to find differences between them, which, of course, exist, but disappear with age. In addition to their smaller size and weight, the difference between the white bream and the bream is visible in the elongated body and silvery-white color of the former. A more difficult task is to find the differences between young bream and silver bream. This is another unique representative of the cyprinid family from the class of ray-finned fish, which alone forms the monotypic genus Blicca.

Gustera: similarities and differences from young bream

Fishing for bream on lakes and rivers in many parts of Russia often gives quite interesting results. The cage may contain identical fish in appearance with minimal differences in color. Some have pectoral and pelvic fins with a red or pink base and a gray tip, while others have a solid dark gray color, sometimes with a black border. It is the reddish-pinkish fins that are the first clue to the question of how to distinguish a silver bream from a bream.

The silver bream is not a large fish; it rarely grows to weigh more than 600-800 grams and remains a desirable trophy for pike, pike perch, and large perch all its life. That is why in reservoirs with an abundance of predators it has to become as invisible as possible, which leads to the disappearance of the red tint of the fins. And then the external resemblance to young bream becomes phenomenal.

White bream at spawning

But regardless of the habitat, the physiological differences between the silver bream and the white bream, originally laid down by nature, are always preserved:

• a flatter and laterally compressed body, which gave rise to the appearance of local names for the fish: flatfish, plywood, flatfish;
• proportionally larger eye size in relation to the size of the head;
• equal length of both tail fin feathers;
• larger scales.

The last sign is the main one and allows you to accurately distinguish between the silver bream and the white bream. In young bream, the number of rows of scales from the lateral line to the first ray of the dorsal fin is 14 or more. The silver bream has 10-12 rows. Just a little time and fishing experience is enough for this difference to be quickly determined by eye.

Main differences

Although these two fish are similar to each other, they can still be distinguished by the following characteristics:

• The bream's eyes are always very large and have a dark pupil;
• The silver bream has fins with a reddish tint, and the bream has a dark gray, sometimes black tint;
• the silver bream has practically no mucus on its scales, while the white bream has quite a lot of it;
• in a young white bream, the open mouth resembles a tube; this is not observed in silver bream;
• The silver bream has a silvery tint of scales, and the white bream is bronze;
• the silver bream has much larger scales than the white bream;
• the appearance of the silver bream is disproportionate, since it has a very small head in comparison with its tall body, large eyes and small mouth;
• The silver bream also has a noticeable hump on its back; the white bream does not have this.

How to distinguish a white bream from a silver bream, comparison of fish

For comparison, let’s take a silver bream and a white bream of the same size. Most of all, we have to compare the white bream with the silver bream, and not the bream with the silver bream, since the silver bream simply does not grow to the size of a bream, the weight of which is calculated from a kilogram.

The debate about the size of bream continues to this day, since there is no clear definition of the weight and size of bream. An article about catching bream with a ring.

In one city, a bream is considered to be an individual weighing more than one kilogram, in another from one and a half kilograms, and in a third they can even be considered from two kilograms. In general, this opinion is subjective, and everyone can think as they want. But from the point of view of biology, such a term as bream simply does not exist, and all breams and breams are classified only as breams.

Podleschik

We've dealt with bream and white bream, now it's time for silver bream. The maximum size of the silver bream is 35 centimeters, and its weight reaches a maximum of 1200 grams. The bream has a “bigger” fate, since it can grow well and become a huge bream: the length of which can reach 80 centimeters and a weight of 7 kilograms.

There are also legends about ten-kilogram bream that were caught a couple of decades ago. And if you are comparing fish weighing 1.5 kilograms, these are probably bream.

The silver bream is leaner and bony than the white bream of the same size. The silver bream is immediately distinguished by its large hump and small head, in contrast to the white bream.

The silver bream has larger eyes and a larger pupil. The diameter of the eyes can be the length of the nose or equal to it. The pectoral and ventral fins of the bream are dark gray in color.

The pectoral and ventral fins of the silver bream are slightly reddish.

Another important difference between the silver bream and the white bream: the number of scales on the lateral line. The bream has fewer scales and their number is from 51 to 57

The scales are always covered with a thick layer of mucus.

The silver bream has much larger scales, and because of this, fewer scales can be accommodated: from 44 to 50. But there is no need to count the scales at all: if you have a silver bream and a white bream in your hands, the differences are immediately visible.

Also, the silver bream has less mucus than the white bream.

There are also less noticeable signs:

1. Pharyngeal teeth (the silver bream has double-rowed pharyngeal teeth, while the white bream has single-rowed teeth)
2. Along the rays in the anal fin (the silver bream has 19-24, the white bream has 25 to 29 rays)
3. Taste (white bream meat is sweeter than white bream)
4. According to diseases (the bream gets sick less often; this may be due to a protective layer of mucus that protects the bream's skin from infection).

This fishing article was written based on this fishing site.

Ivanov Vitaly Leonidovich, 2021.

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Less noticeable differences

In addition to all of the above differences, which immediately catch the eye of an experienced fisherman, there are also less noticeable differences between these fish, such as:

• difference in pharyngeal teeth;
• by the number of rays in the anal fin;
• by taste;
• according to susceptibility to diseases.

By pharyngeal teeth

In the silver bream, the pharyngeal teeth grow in two rows and number fourteen. The bream's teeth grow in only one row and their number is only ten.

External differences between silver bream and bream

Two species of fish belong to the Cyprinidae family. An adult silver bream is similar to a young bream in color, body shape, and habitat. The height of their bodies is one third of their length. The color of their bodies, flattened laterally, is usually silver-gray. The silver bream has scales with a blue tint. During breeding, white spots appear on the surface of the carcass of males, and the fins of females turn pinkish or scarlet.

The silver bream rarely reaches its maximum weight; the average size is about half a kilogram. It is slightly thinner and more bony compared to the bream, which is comparable in length.

Length 35 cm and weight 1.3 kg for silver bream are maximum. Bream reaches similar parameters at a young age. The length of the largest specimen is 82 cm and weighs 6 kg. The bream is a young and small individual. The color of a bream's scales is affected by its age and habitat. The body of a sexually mature individual is painted golden.

Did you know? The activity of bream is very useful: it is able to dig into the mud at a depth of half a meter in search of bloodworms, releasing hydrogen sulfide, which is destructive for fish in winter.

A small head with large eyes stands out on the body, the pupils are dilated, as well as a large hump that rises from the head.
The diameter of the eyeball is commensurate with the length of the nose and slightly longer. The high dorsal and caudal fins are dark gray in color. The gaze of the silver bream is directed directly at the fisherman. In the dark, the fish's orientation in the area deteriorates, so at night it feeds less.

The average weight of bream in reservoirs is 1–2 kg. Sometimes it is possible to catch specimens weighing 3–4 kg. A fish with a pointed head is distinguished by its gaze, which is directed towards the bottom. The diameter of the eye is usually smaller compared to the length of the nose. The mouth opening is converted into a tube as needed. The bream is distinguished by an elongated anal fin originating on the back.

The differences between the fish are shown in the table:

Who is this bream?

Gustera is a carp fish. As a rule, it lives in schools and is similar to bream.

Habitats

This type of fish is common in the waters of the Caspian, Baltic and Black Seas.
Also, silver bream can be caught in ponds and small rivers with a slow current and considerable depth. As statistical data show, this breed of fish actively reproduces in reservoirs and backwaters, where a clay bottom with silt admixtures predominates. The largest individuals are found at depth and in flat sections of rivers, and small silver breams live in shallow water among thick thickets.

Characteristic features of the silver bream

Perhaps one of the most important and pleasant features for fishermen is that silver breams live and breed in flocks. Moreover, the schools are always quite large, which increases the chances of coming home with a serious catch.

The ideal time to catch this fish is morning or afternoon, as it practically cannot see in the dark.

• tall body, flattened laterally;
• small but noticeable hump;
• notched caudal fin with identical blades along the length;
• thick, tight-fitting scales;
• small head;
• medium sized eyes;
• oblique mouth, which extends in the form of a tube;
• a keel behind the fins that is not covered with scales;
• bluish-gray color (during spawning, males develop white protrusions on their heads, and their fins acquire a more pronounced color).

The meat of the bream is bony and does not have a pronounced taste. Biological scientists classify this breed as a low-value commercial breed.

Who is a scavenger?

A bream is a well-known bream that has not formed at the time of catching, i.e. young animals There is no exact definition for its weight, since some fishermen include bream whose weight has not reached 500 grams, and others - 1.5 kg.

Habitats

The white bream lives in all rivers of the Russian Federation that are not characterized by high flow rates. The white bream is also found in the waters of the Black, Caspian, and Azov seas. Often this breed of fish can be found in brackish water areas.

Characteristic features of breams

The main distinguishing feature of breams is the time they are caught.
This fish does not like daylight, so the ideal time to catch it is at night. Just like silver breams, white breams are found in flocks. It would seem that catching it couldn’t be easier, but this is a misconception. This breed of fish is too smart and careful; catching it means really winning. Breeders overwinter in deep places, holes and pools.

• tall body, usually 1/3 of the total length, flattened at the sides;
• long anal fin;
• 5 pairs of pharyngeal teeth;
• small mouth and head;
• big eyes;
• darker fin color than bream;
• silver-white color;
• reddish tint in the belly and throat area.

The meat of both bream and bream is rich in vitamins and beneficial microelements. In terms of taste, it is soft, tender, but bony.

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Distinctive features of catching bream and bream

Due to some differences in behavior, fishing for bream and underbream in each individual case has its own characteristics. For catching the former, the optimal time period is considered to be winter and spring. During this period, due to a decrease in the volume of natural food supply, fish readily respond to any animal bait (worm, maggot, bloodworm, etc.). It is almost impossible to catch bream in the summer; it does not like heat, so at this time it often stays closer to the bottom of the reservoir. The bream is considered a more fastidious and timid inhabitant of the reservoir.

Quite often, such fish become prey not only for humans, but also for all kinds of aquatic predators, so by nature they have an increased distrust of the world around them. This is why the bream’s bite is inactive; this will require a huge amount of feeding and at least several hours. Only in this case will it be possible to purposefully catch at least the minimum catch. In this case, the gear should be as miniature as possible, and the fishing line should be thin and almost invisible.

Video: white bream and bream

How to distinguish a silver bream from a white bream

Not only for a novice fisherman, but also for an experienced professional, it is sometimes difficult to distinguish a silver bream from a white bream, since these two species of fish have too many similar features.

In the teeth. It’s quite easy to determine which fish is in front of you by its teeth: the silver bream has 7 teeth, which are arranged in 2 rows. The white bream has 5 teeth located on each side in one row.

To taste. The white bream, as noted earlier, has soft and tender meat, which is quite lean. The taste is pronounced. Ideal for smoking. Gustera has fattier meat and a less rich taste. But it can also be used for smoking or frying.

Peculiarities of behavior of bream and silver bream

Distinctive features will be in behavior, it will not be possible to confuse them. They were collected thanks to the observations of fishermen, who noticed many things over a long period.

Subtleties of behavior:

• bream and its young are more common in reservoirs, silver bream has a smaller population;
• when fishing for silver bream, it responds better to complementary foods;
• The bream will not accept all the bait; it will take it carefully and delicately;
• a carp species of fish with red fins and a blunt head gathers in numerous schools and migrates throughout the reservoir in search of food;
• a cunning and cautious representative of cyprinids has schools with fewer heads;
• shoals of bream can have fish of different sizes, its relatives select a society for themselves from approximately identical individuals;
• An important point will be the presence of teeth, the silver bream has seven of them and they are located in two rows, while the bream has five pharyngeal teeth on each side.

When cooked, it is even easier to distinguish these relatives; the meat tastes remarkably different. Not only gourmets will be able to understand the subtleties. Fried, baked, or dried bream is less fatty and has a delicate taste. Gustera has fatty meat; when cooked, it is more tender and juicy.

Before cooking, chefs note some similarities in processing. The scales will come off easily in both types of fish.

Having collected all the available facts, it is worth noting that bream and silver bream are very different. It may not be easy for a beginner to do this, but experience will help you figure it out and learn to distinguish these fish without problems.

Method of catching silver bream

Experienced fishermen advise adhering to the following rules if you are going to hunt silver bream:

1. Use a fly rod and a light float.
2. The thickness of the fishing line can be chosen at your own discretion.
3. A sliding sinker is ideal, and hooks should be taken in the range from 14 to 18 numbers according to the international classification.

Many fishermen also advise using a feeder and donka. Before using it, it is necessary to examine the river bottom, namely, study:

• depth;
• speed of the current;
• drops and depressions.

To make the fishing process easier, you can use a weight with spikes. Once you locate the rock bottom, lower your rod, clip in, and start hunting.

Depending on the time of year, there are certain fishing recommendations:

1. In winter, it is recommended to catch silver bream using thin equipment. Considering that during this period of time the fish is less active, the size of the jig should not exceed the size of a match head.
2. In the spring, you should look for the silver bream in river mouths, large backwaters and bays. Remember that after hibernation the fish begin to actively hunt for food. Try to sail as far as possible.
3. The most active biting of the silver bream begins in June - by this time the fish have already finished spawning. You don’t have to swim far, because during this period of time the water warms up completely, so catching fish from the shore will not be a problem.
4. If you go out for the silver bream in the fall, then you should sail further away. After all, the water begins to cool again, and the fish begin to look for warm places to winter. It is most effective to use a stationary bait.

Bream fishing methods

English dong on chebak

In the warm season, bream is caught in various ways, using float and bottom fishing rods. Recently, more and more anglers have resorted, for this purpose, to the help of feeder gear - the English donkey. The feeder allows you to catch bream at a long distance of up to 60 - 80 m, while simultaneously feeding the fish, which brings very good results.

The most suitable feeder equipment for catching bream and chebak is considered to be the universal “Gardner Loop” and installation with an anti-twist tube. On rivers with fast and medium currents, installations with a spiral feeder are used, which well retains viscous compositions of the bait mixture, resistant to erosion by water.

About feeder gear and everything related to it: features of choosing a feeder rod; its structure and characteristics; the principle of using gear; about the reel and fishing line in its composition; You can learn about installation diagrams for feeder equipment and much more on the page: “Design of feeder equipment .” In the absence of a feeder, a Bolognese rod - a telescope - is used instead.

Since bream is a very cautious fish, it takes the bait slowly, sucking it in and, at the slightest suspicion of danger, immediately spits it out, leashes in feeder connection schemes are used no shorter than 1 - 1.2 m in length.

Therefore, the rod must be long (at least 4.5 m), capable of casting the equipment over a considerable distance, despite the fact that its end hanging from it by 1.5 m will prevent this. In addition, it must have an appropriate power class - not lower than average - Medium, with a test of 40 - 80 g, taking into account the critical load during casting, from the weight of the filled feeder.

You need to cast the feeder smoothly, without sudden movements, otherwise you can break the tip - the tip of the blank, even if the rod itself is chosen correctly.

Tricky float rod for bream

Knowing the habits and unusual disposition of bream, experienced fishermen catch it with cunning - free tackle. What does free mean? It seems to be a float tackle, but it works like a regular donkey. A movable float, set 1.5 - 2 m more than the existing depth, simply lies on the water, leaving the fishing line under it without tension. Thanks to this supply of free line, at the moment when the bream takes the bait and slows it down, the float does not interfere with this. Without feeling any resistance from the bait, the fish forgets about the danger and swallows the hook with the bait or leads it away.

It is necessary to fish for bream with such gear very carefully - without letting the float out of sight, so as not to miss the moment when the alarm detects a bite, abruptly moving away from the place previously designated by it, or becomes sticking out of a horizontal position and may even dive under the water.

In another, productive version of the float rig, several weights spaced apart from each other are used. These include a sub-sink - a small additional sinker located closest to the hook. It allows you to track the slightest bite of a croaker and promptly hook the fish, even when it has only slightly lifted the bait.

Before using the equipment, it must be assembled and adjusted in such a way that when biting the bream does not feel resistance from the sinker and float. To do this, the hook must be at least 50-60 cm away from the last - additional sinker, and the sub-sink itself must lie on the bottom, while the other - the weight preceding it - is located no closer than 60 - 70 cm from it and during the fishing process it is almost near the bottom, but did not touch it.

By determining the exact depth of the fishing spot and correctly positioning the float, this is not difficult to achieve. And the working position of the under-shepherd, whether it is on the bottom or not, can be determined by the float, loaded taking it into account. If the sinker is not at the bottom, then the sensitive float will sink into the water much more strongly - by one or two notches, or maybe half a mark - this depends on the weight of the sub-float and the carrying capacity of the alarm, how you select them.

Useful tips for fishing

If you decide to go hunting for this type of fish, then take note of the following nuances:

• you need to have a lot of bait with you, since the silver bream is a very voracious fish, especially when it is in a school or during spawning;
• take bloodworms, pink, peas, millet, corn; in the warm season, you can add a little sweet syrup, crackers or molasses to the bait;
• jigs can be used in various shapes, types, sizes and colors;
• when selecting the thickness of the fishing line, you should still opt for denser specimens;
• be prepared for active fishing, because... the silver bream is a wild and courageous breed;
• The catch should be stored in cages made of nylon or wire mesh. For longer storage, it is recommended to use a tarp.

Having studied all the main differences, methods and features of fishing, you can easily catch a silver bream. Enjoy fishing, please yourself and your loved ones with a rich catch!

Differences between bream - spawning conditions

On the first page of the topic, a description of the bream is given and the differences in external characteristics from the silver bream, which some fishermen confuse with a small bream, popularly called the white bream.

At the end of the page there is material about the breeding conditions of bream in the spring during spawning, when the bite of any fish fades to almost zero.

Using the links on the pages you can open materials related to the conditions and methods of catching bream in rivers, lakes, and reservoirs with various homemade gear in the summer.

What does bream look like?

You can judge what an average adult bream looks like by its image in the picture. The difference between bream and any other river fish is immediately striking due to its wide body structure.

The anal fin of the bream is approximately twice as long as the dorsal fin. The tail of a dark shade with a wide cutout at the end on both sides takes on a pointed shape.

In terms of body color, bream generally looks like a silver-colored fish, although the tone of its scales largely depends on age and habitat. In a favorable environment, bream grows up to several kilograms in weight and, unlike the bream, acquires a darker color.

Small immature bream among fishermen have received the purely conventional name “bream” and differ from large individuals in certain body proportions. Although Russia is full of small reservoirs, where, due to the meager food supply, bream even at 5-6 years of life look the same as their juveniles in large rivers rich in food.

Catching bream in reservoirs with a poor food supply is possible using a large range of baits and attachments, but we are unlikely to be satisfied with the result of such fishing.

How to distinguish bream from silver bream

You can distinguish bream from silver bream by appearance, but to do this you should compare two small specimens of the same size of one and the other fish.

Young bream can be distinguished from silver bream by the different number of rays in the anal and dorsal fins, which, of course, no one would think of counting. Therefore, I will highlight their other main features.

You can distinguish a small bream from a silver bream by the size of its scales - the silver bream has larger scales, so less of it is placed along the lateral line, which clearly catches the eye.

The size of the scales of the underbream noticeably decreases towards the dorsal fin; in the silver bream this difference is almost imperceptible.

The white bream and bream have paired fins of a dark gray color; unlike the same fins of the silver bream, they never acquire a reddish tint. But, with increasing age (growth), the body of the bream acquires an increasingly dark bronze hue.

You can distinguish bream from silver bream by one more feature that is not related to the appearance of the bodies of these fish, but gives the bream a head start over the silver bream.

The mouth end of the bream is capable of extending into a small tube, thanks to which the fish is able to send a powerful, highly directed stream of water. Gustera does not have such an ability.

The latter difference allows the bream, becoming almost vertical with its nose to the bottom, to wash food out of soft soils. Methane bubbles rising to the surface of the reservoir are the result of such vital activity of bream.

Difference between white bream and large bream

As mentioned above, bream and bream are the same fish, differing only in size. But, nevertheless, I will give several differences between the white bream and the large bream, although this will not be entirely correct.

The fact is that fishermen catch fish caught in some water bodies overpopulated with individuals or poor in food as bream, which only reaches the name of a large bream, but is by no means bream. It is difficult to find any differences between the specimens of the eternally hungry fish caught.

But, if we adhere to the generally accepted differences, then the breams look more driven than adult breams. They have a thin body that is more elongated in relation to its width.

If you compare the white bream and the bream in the picture, you will notice that the width of a large bream is slightly less than its length. Unlike adult bream, the width of the underbream is almost half the length of the fish.

In the first years of life, the bream's food is spent more on intensive growth, which slows down over time, but the bream begin to grow in thickness and width. In large bream, the color of the scales changes to dark with a golden tint.

Regarding the size and weight of white bream and large bream living in different reservoirs of Russia, the information is very different. If we summarize them, it turns out: the maximum length of adult bream reaches 50-70 centimeters with a weight of 6-8 kilograms, although if there is an abundant food supply in the reservoir, larger fish are found.

Difference from bream

What is the difference between bream and white bream? Each of these individuals is directly related to the carp family. And even if there are differences in their names, from the point of view of biology and genetics, there are no differences between bream and bream. Consequently, we conclude that bream and bream are the same fish, only of different sizes, appearance and age.

Young bream and adult bream differ in the following characteristics:

1. Size and weight . The length of young individuals does not exceed 25 cm, while the average size of bream varies between 30-50 cm. The average weight of a bream is 600-800 grams. An adult individual weighs 4-5 kg. 2. Differences in body shape and structure. The head of the bream is slightly smaller than that of the bream. The bream has a denser and more rounded body. An immature individual has a thin and flat body. The hump of a bream is larger than that of a bream. 3. Coloring. Bream and bream are conventionally differentiated by fishermen in accordance with body color. The silvery color of light tones is characteristic of the bream, while the bream is characterized by a predominantly dark color with bronze, bronze-brown shades. 4. Behavior. High-calorie food for rapid weight gain is necessary for the young bream, as a result of which it is in search of just such food. The caution and timidity of the bream is much higher than that of the bream. A small bream gathers in shallow water near a sandy bottom with a slight current. Bream is characterized by its widespread distribution at depths.