Scientific Name | Brama japonica |
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Conservation Status | Data Defficient |
Family | Chordata |
Habitat | North Pacific Rim |
Food | Small Crustaceans and plankton |
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 1 metre (3.3 ft) long.
Several species are important food fish, especially Brama brama in south Asia. The earlier form of the pomfret's name was pamflet, a word which probably ultimately comes from Portuguese pampo, referring to various fish such as the blue butterfish (Stromateus fiatola).
It is known by various names, such as Vavval in Tamil and Maanji in Tulu.
Fish of the Puget Sound (Scientific Name (A-B) | ||
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Sturgeon | White Sturgeon | Green Sturgeon | |
Poachers | Northern Spearnose Poacher | Sturgeon Poacher | Smooth Alligatorfish | |
Lancetfish | Longnose Lancetfish | |
Thresher Sharks | Common Thresher | |
Sand Lances | Pacific Sand Lance | |
Wolffish | Wolf-Eel | |
Sablefish | Sablefish | |
Tubesnouts | Tubesnout | |
Ronquils | Searcher | |
Toadfish | Plainfin Midshipman | |
Lefteye Flounders | Pacific Sanddab | Speckled Sanddab | California Halibut | |
Pomfrets | Pacific Pomfret | |
Livebearing Brotulas | Red Brotula | |
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