Atlantic pomfret
The Atlantic pomfret or Ray's bream (after naturalist, John Ray) (Brama brama) is a pomfret of the family Bramidae, found in the Atlantic, Indian, and South Pacific Oceans, at depths down to 1,000 m. Its length is between 40 and 100 cm. In South Africa, where it is a common bycatch of the hake fishery, it is generally known and sold as "angelfish", although it is not a true marine angelfish.[1] The Atlantic Pomfret has very significant migration patterns[2] which greatly depends on the temperature of intermediate waters, but is also effected by secondary reactions from density- dependence and climate conditions of the surface.
| Atlantic pomfret | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Bramidae |
| Genus: | Brama |
| Species: | B. brama |
| Binomial name | |
| Brama brama (Bonnaterre, 1788) | |
References
- Brama brama. Southern African Sustainable Seafood. Retrieved 13 February 2012
- Quinzan, M.; Castro, José; González, Manuel Marín; Costas, Gersom (September 2016). "Unveiling the influence of the environment on the migration pattern of the Atlantic pomfret (Brama brama) in North-eastern Atlantic waters". Fisheries Oceanography. 25 (6). Instituto Español de Oceanografia. pp. 610−623. doi:10.1111/fog.12176.
External links
- "Brama brama". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 April 2006.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Brama brama" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
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