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Common names: Sickle pomfret
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Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Bramidae (Pomfrets)
Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL

Common names from other countries

Tristón segador, Black snapper, Pomfret, ... more

Main reference

Smith, M.M. 1986. (Ref. 4388)
References | Biblio | Coordinator : Thompson, Bruce | Collaborators

Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 60.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4388); max. published weight: 11.0 kg (Ref. 4388); max. reported age: 8 years (Ref. 4388)

Environment

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

Climate / Range

Tropical, preferred ?; 40°N - 36°S, 40°E - 110°W

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).
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Short description

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.

Occurs along the shelf edge (Ref. 11230).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.7500 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
4.2 ±0.6 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tmax=8)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
High vulnerability (55 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
High

Taractichthys steindachneri (Döderlein, 1883)