Caribbean pomfret

Brama caribbea

Twenty Five Centimeters Bramid Fish of the Brazilian Coast

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Africa
Central America and the Caribbean
North America
South America
Deep-bodied
Medium
Tropical fish

Brama caribbea, the Caribbean pomfret, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a pomfret of the family Bramidae. It is found in the Western Atlantic Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Mackerels, Tunas, and Allies
Family: Bramidae
Genus: Brama
Maximum length: 25 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: deep_bodied
Distribution: Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea (Ref. 47377 ). Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. Three juvenile specimens were caught off West Africa, but the correspondence of these specimens with the Caribbean samples is uncertain (Ref. 4936 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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