In America the name bream is commonly given to the golden shiner minnow (Abramis chrysoleucus), to the pumpkin-seed sunfish (Eupomotis gibbosus), and to some kinds of porgy (Sparidae).
The document covers bluegill, redear sunfish, threadfin shad, golden shiner and fathead minnow.
Unfortunately for many parents, these toys can quickly lose their luster as children become used to them, or move on to shiner, newer objects.
It was lucky because it hit just the other side of the eye -- I had a nice little shiner for a while.
Brian Rix plays a Brighton antique dealer with a talking parrot whom he believes is the reincarnation of his dead partner Ronald Shiner.