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Bramidae
rough pomfret
Taractes asper
Fifty Centimeters Bramid Fish from the South African Coast
rough pomfret is known from Circumglobal as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Bramidae
- Genus
- Taractes
- Maximum length
- 50 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Circumglobal: In tropical to temperate waters. Western Pacific: Japan (Ref. 559 ). Eastern Pacific: Alaska to southern California, USA. Eastern Atlantic: Madeira to Iceland and northern Norway (Ref. 6697 ); Cape Province, South Africa (Ref. 4388 ). Western Indian Ocean: southern Madagascar and Natal, South Africa (Ref. 4388 ); Maldives (Ref. 30829 ). Highly migratory species.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

