Bream is the name of various kinds of stout-bodied fish. In North America, the name bream is given to several marine fish related to porgies, scups, and pinfish. The most common species (kind), the sea bream, grows to about 12 inches (30 centimeters) in length. It lives in the Caribbean Sea and in coastal waters off southern Florida. It is bluish-silver with narrow bronze stripes.
In Europe, the word bream refers to certain species of large minnows. A species that is named the European or common bream is commercially important. This fish is abundant in lowland rivers of western Europe. It breeds in shallow waters along riverbanks in the spring.
