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Bramidae
sickle pomfret
Taractichthys steindachneri
Bramid Fish of the Pacific Ocean
sickle pomfret is a marine fish from Indo-Pacific and Eastern Central Pacific. It inhabits deep water. The largest recorded length is 60 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Bramidae
- Genus
- Taractichthys
- Maximum length
- 60 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Indo-Pacific and Eastern Central Pacific: East Africa to California, USA. References to Taractichthys longipinnis in the Indo-Pacific are considered misidentifications of this species. Highly migratory species.

