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Bramidae (Pomfrets)
Etymology: Brama: Old French, breme, bresme = a fresh water fish; 1460 (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Jean-Jacques Dussumier (1792–1883) was a French merchant, collector, traveller and ship owner. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Cuvier.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin pelagic-neritic; océanodrome (Ref. 87829); profondeur 1 - 300 m (Ref. 58302). Deep-water; 31°N - 20°S (Ref. 4936)
Circumtropical. Western Indian Ocean: East Africa to India, between the Equator and 10°S, Mozambique Channel, Seychelles, and Madagascar. Eastern Indian Ocean: Indonesia (Ref. 5978) and Western Australia (Ref. 49596). Western Atlantic: Florida and northern Gulf of Mexico in USA to Brazil (Ref. 7251). Eastern Atlantic: 20°N to 20°S (Ref. 4936). Eastern Pacific: Guatemala to Peru (Ref. 9282) and Chile (Ref. 27363).
Longueur à la première maturité / Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?, range 17 - ? cm
Max length : 22.5 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 45034)
Épines dorsales (Total) : 0; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 32 - 35; Épines anales: 0; Rayons mous anaux: 25 - 28; Vertèbres: 39 - 43. Pectoral fins situated relatively low on body in juveniles. The distance between the base of the lowermost pectoral ray and the pelvic fin insertion less than 42% of head length (Ref. 559).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.
Found near the edge of the continental shelf. Appears to spawn all year-round. Marketed fresh, and eaten fried.
An intermittent multiple spawner.
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
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5039 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.01778 (0.00765 - 0.04135), b=2.96 (2.76 - 3.16), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278) |
3.8 ±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 (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref. 59153) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (31 of 100). 🛈 |
Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766) |
High.
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