bream

{{Short description|Several species of freshwater and marine fish}}

{{About|a group of fish}}

{{For|the common bream of Europe, Abramis brama|common bream}}

Image:bream.jpg near Kashin, Russia]]

Bream ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|r|iː|m}},{{cite web|title=bream|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bream|publisher=Merriam-Webster|access-date=2 November 2015}} {{small|US also}} {{IPAc-en|audio=En-us-bream.ogg|ˈ|b|r|ɪ|m}}{{cite web|title=bream|url=http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/bream|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003015516/http://oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/bream|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 3, 2013|website=Oxford Dictionaries|access-date=2 November 2014}}) are species of freshwater fish belonging to a variety of genera including Abramis{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Bream}}{{cite encyclopedia |title=Bream |encyclopedia=Britannica |date=15 January 2020 |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. |location=Chicago, Illinois |url=https://www.britannica.com/animal/bream}} (e.g., A. brama, the common bream), Ballerus, Blicca, Brama, Chilotilapia, Etelis, Lepomis, Gymnocranius, Lethrinus, Nemipterus, Pharyngochromis, Rhabdosargus, Scolopsis, or Serranochromis.

Although species from all of these genera are called "bream", the term does not imply a degree of relatedness between them. Fish termed "bream" tend to be narrow, deep-bodied species. The name is a derivation of the Middle English word breme, of Old French origin.