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Bramidae (Pomfrets)
Etymology: Taractichthys: Greek, taraktes = confusion; for the pletora of names that have been applied to this fish + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335); longipinnis: longipinnis meaning long-finned (Ref. 4525).
More on author: Lowe.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino pelagic-oceanic; oceanodromo (Ref. 87829); rango de profundidad 0 - 500 m (Ref. 89422), usually 42 - 200 m (Ref. 82736). Subtropical; 10°C - ? (Ref. 82736); 47°N - 68°S, 98°W - 21°E
Eastern Atlantic: Iceland and Norway southward to off Pointe Noire, Gulf of Guinea and Namibia; questionably reaching False Bay, South Africa (Ref. 4388). Absent from the Mediterranean (Ref. 4936). Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada and northern Gulf of Mexico to Puerto Rico (Ref. 7251), Bermuda, northern South America to southeastern Brazil (Ref. 82736). Highly migratory species.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 100.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 6697)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 33 - 38; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 27 - 30. Grey or silvery in color, with coppery reflections (Ref. 4388).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.
Generally oceanic and presumably epipelagic. Often solitary but occasionally found in small schools close to shore (Ref. 82736). Feed on shrimps and squids (Ref. 82736). Young are present in all seasons (Ref. 6697). Flesh considered very good (Ref. 3576).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
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)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial
Herramientas
Informes especiales
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 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=0.01778 (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). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
4.5 ±0.62 se; based on food items. |
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179) |
Muy bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo superior a 14 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
High to very high vulnerability (66 of 100). 🛈 |
Categoría de precios (Ref. 80766) |
High.
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Nutrientes (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 34.6 [13.4, 62.3] mg/100g; Iron = 0.868 [0.382, 1.764] mg/100g; Protein = 19.5 [17.6, 21.4] %; Omega3 = 0.316 [0.175, 0.560] g/100g; Selenium = 35.1 [16.0, 71.8] μg/100g; VitaminA = 12.8 [3.1, 51.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.458 [0.294, 0.720] mg/100g (wet weight); |