Pomfret

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Pomfret are perciform fishes belonging to the family Bramidae.

They are found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans, and the largest species, the Atlantic pomfret, Brama brama, grows up to one metre long.

Several species are important food fish in some parts of the world, especially Brama brama in south Asia.

Species

• Genus Brama
• * Brama australis Valenciennes, 1837.
• * Atlantic pomfret, Brama brama (Fries, 1837).
• * Caribbean pomfret, Brama caribbea Mead, 1972.
• * Lesser bream, Brama dussumieri Cuvier, 1831.
• * Pacific pomfret, Brama japonica Hilgendorf, 1878.
• * Brama myersi Mead, 1972.
• * Bigtooth pomfret, Brama orcini Cuvier, 1831.
• * Brama pauciradiata Moteki, Fujita & Last, 1995.
• Genus Collybus
• * Collybus drachme Snyder, 1904.
• Genus Eumegistus
• * Eumegistus brevorti (Poey, 1860).
• * Eumegistus illustris Jordan & Jordan, 1922.
• Genus Pteraclis
• * Pacific fanfish, Pteraclis aesticola (Jordan & Snyder, 1901).
• * Pteraclis carolinus Valenciennes, 1833.

Pteraclis carolinus