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bony bream

British

noun

an Australian freshwater clupeid fish, Fluvialosa richardsonii

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He estimated 85% of the dead fish were native species such as Bony Bream and Golden Perch, with the rest consisting of non-native types such as carp.

From BBC

Hundreds of thousands of native fish, including Murray cod, golden perch and bony bream, died around the Menindee weir.

From The Guardian

Another very beautiful but almost useless fish met with in the Upper Burdekin and its tributaries is the silvery bream, or as it is more generally called, the "bony" bream.

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