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Bramidae (Pomfrets)
Etymology: Taractes: Greek, taraktes = confusion; for the pletora of names that have been applied to this fish (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Jordan & Evermann.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin benthopélagique; océanodrome (Ref. 87829); profondeur 0 - 600 m (Ref. 82736). Tropical
Pacific and Atlantic: widely distributed in tropical waters (Ref. 559). Eastern Central Pacific: Costa Rica to Peru. Eastern Atlantic: off west Africa. Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico, Trinidad. Not known from the Indian Ocean (Ref. 4936). Recently reported in Aden Gulf, Arabian Sea (Ref. 85285). Highly migratory species.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 89.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 97146); common length : 30.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 55763)
Épines dorsales (Total) : 0; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 30 - 32; Épines anales: 0; Rayons mous anaux: 21 - 23. Caudal peduncle with a strong keel formed of enlarged and fused scales. Scaleless areas above and behind the eyes. Lateral line in adults obsolete. Fins of juveniles very long. Attains 70 cm SL.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
Adults occur from shallow water to about 600 m depth offshore (Ref. 82736). Often solitary (Ref. 82736).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Gomes, J., 1990. Bramidae. p. 758-764. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNCT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 4936)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: commercial; pêche sportive: oui
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.01122 (0.00514 - 0.02450), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278) |
4.3 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Résilience (Réf. 120179) |
Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Fec > 10,000). |
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref. 59153) |
High vulnerability (56 of 100). 🛈 |
Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766) |
High.
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Nutriments (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 41.8 [20.6, 87.2] mg/100g; Iron = 0.659 [0.281, 1.240] mg/100g; Protein = 18.3 [16.4, 20.2] %; Omega3 = 0.251 [0.144, 0.433] g/100g; Selenium = 100 [47, 211] μg/100g; VitaminA = 42.5 [13.8, 131.3] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.814 [0.529, 1.215] mg/100g (wet weight); |