Caribbean pomfret (Brama caribbea)

Scientific name: Brama caribbea Mead, 1972

Caribbean pomfret (Brama caribbea)

The Caribbean pomfret (Brama caribbea) is a marine fish of the family Bramidae.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 31-32; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 26 - 27; Vertebrae: 36 - 38

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Brama caribbea
Family
Bramidae (Pomfrets)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
25.0
Common length
21.8
Depth range
0–800 m (0–2625 ft)
Environment
Marine; pelagic-oceanic; depth range 0 - 800 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. 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.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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