Scientific Name
Taractichthys steindachneri

Common Name
Sickle pomfret

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 33-37; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 26 - 28; Vertebrae: 44 - 46. Body covered with large hard scales, each with a spine. Anterior lobes of dorsal and anal fins high, but changing in shape and height with growth; both fins covered with scales, not depressible in a groove. There are no areas without scales above nor behind the eye. Adults without a lateral line. Attains 60 cm SL.

Classification

Classified By

D?derlein, 1883

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Perch-like fish (Perciformes)

Family

Pomfrets (Bramidae)

Distribution

Region

Indo-Pacific and Eastern Central Pacific

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, Annex I of the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea (Ref. 26139).

Range

Unknown

Environment

Climate

Tropical

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

50 m

Depth To - meters

700 m

Zone

benthopelagic

Environment

Marine; benthopelagic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 50 - 700 m (Ref. 58488)

Trophic Level

4.32 s.e. 0.56 Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

60.0 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.7500 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Fisheries: commercial

Vulnerability

High vulnerability (55 of 100)

Resilience

Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tmax=8)

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated