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Teleostei (teleosts) > Scombriformes (Mackerels) > 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.

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

Marine; benthopelagic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 600 m (Ref. 82736). Tropical

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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.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 89.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 97146); common length : 30.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 55763)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 30 - 32; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 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.

Adults occur from shallow water to about 600 m depth offshore (Ref. 82736). Often solitary (Ref. 82736).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Thompson, Bruce | Collaborators

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)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 29 January 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes

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Taractes rubescens (Jordan & Evermann, 1887)