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Brama japonica Hilgendorf, 1878

Pacific pomfret
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Common names: Pacific pomfret, Pomfret, Ray's bream
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from the Pacific coast (Ref. 6885). Good food fish but abundance not consistent enough to justify a commercial fishery in the country (Ref. 6885). In range Ref. 2850.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ca.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.ncr.dfo.ca/home_e.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hart, J.L., 1973
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names ຊື່ສາມັນ | ຄຳສັບຄ້າຍຄືກັນ | Catalog of Fishes(ຕະກຸນ, ຊະນິດ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Scombriformes (Mackerels) > Bramidae (Pomfrets)
Etymology: Brama: Old French, breme, bresme = a fresh water fish; 1460 (Ref. 45335);  japonica: Named after Japan, its type locality (Ref. 6885).
  More on author: Hilgendorf.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range ນິເວດວິທະຍາ

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