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Pomfret are perciform fishes belonging to the family Bramidae.

They are found in the Atlantic, Indian
Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering about 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by Asia ; on the west by Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and Australia; and on the south by the Southern Ocean ....
, and Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
s, and the largest species, the Atlantic pomfret
Atlantic pomfret

The Atlantic pomfret, Brama brama, is a pomfret of the family Bramidae, found in the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, and South Pacific Ocean oceans, at depths down to 1,000 m....
, Brama brama, grows up to one metre long.

Several species are important food fish in some parts of the world, especially Brama brama in south Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
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Pomfret are perciform fishes belonging to the family Bramidae.

They are found in the Atlantic, Indian
Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering about 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by Asia ; on the west by Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and Australia; and on the south by the Southern Ocean ....
, and Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
s, and the largest species, the Atlantic pomfret
Atlantic pomfret

The Atlantic pomfret, Brama brama, is a pomfret of the family Bramidae, found in the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, and South Pacific Ocean oceans, at depths down to 1,000 m....
, Brama brama, grows up to one metre long.

Several species are important food fish in some parts of the world, especially Brama brama in south Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
.

Species

There are about twenty species in eight genera:
  • Genus Brama
    • Brama australis Valenciennes
      Achille Valenciennes

      Achille Valenciennes was a France zoologist.Valenciennes was born in Paris, and studied under Georges Cuvier. Valenciennes' study of parasitic worms in humans made an important contribution to the study of parasitology....
      , 1837      .
    • Atlantic pomfret
      Atlantic pomfret

      The Atlantic pomfret, Brama brama, is a pomfret of the family Bramidae, found in the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, and South Pacific Ocean oceans, at depths down to 1,000 m....
      , Brama brama (Fries, 1837).
    • Caribbean pomfret, Brama caribbea Mead, 1972.
    • Lesser bream, Brama dussumieri Cuvier
      Georges Cuvier

      Baron Georges L?opold Chr?tien Fr?d?ric Dagobert Cuvier was a France natural history and zoology. He was the elder brother of Fr?d?ric Cuvier , also a naturalist....
      , 1831      .
    • Pacific pomfret, Brama japonica Hilgendorf, 1878.
    • Brama myersi Mead, 1972.
    • Bigtooth pomfret, Brama orcini Cuvier
      Georges Cuvier

      Baron Georges L?opold Chr?tien Fr?d?ric Dagobert Cuvier was a France natural history and zoology. He was the elder brother of Fr?d?ric Cuvier , also a naturalist....
      , 1831      .
    • Brama pauciradiata Moteki, Fujita & Last, 1995.
  • Genus Collybus
    • Collybus drachme Snyder, 1904.
  • Genus Eumegistus
    • Eumegistus brevorti (Poey
      Felipe Poey

      Felipe Poey y Aloy was a Cuban zoologist....
      , 1860)      .
    • Eumegistus illustris Jordan
      David Starr Jordan

      David Starr Jordan, Ph.D., LL.D. was a leading eugenics, ichthyologist , educator and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University....
       & Jordan
      David Starr Jordan

      David Starr Jordan, Ph.D., LL.D. was a leading eugenics, ichthyologist , educator and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University....
      , 1922      .
  • Genus Pteraclis
    • Pacific fanfish, Pteraclis aesticola (Jordan
      David Starr Jordan

      David Starr Jordan, Ph.D., LL.D. was a leading eugenics, ichthyologist , educator and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University....
       & Snyder, 1901)      .
    • Pteraclis carolinus Valenciennes
      Achille Valenciennes

      Achille Valenciennes was a France zoologist.Valenciennes was born in Paris, and studied under Georges Cuvier. Valenciennes' study of parasitic worms in humans made an important contribution to the study of parasitology....
      , 1833      .
      Pteraclis Carolinus
      ** Spotted fanfish
      Spotted fanfish

      The spotted fanfish, Pteraclis velifera, is a pomfret of the family Bramidae, found in the indo-west Pacific oceans from South Africa to New Zealand, at depths down to 500 metre....
      , Pteraclis velifera australiae Whitley, 1935.
  • Genus Pterycombus
    • Atlantic fanfish, Pterycombus brama Fries, 1837.
    • Prickly pomfret, Pterycombus petersii (Hilgendorf, 1878).
  • Genus Taractes
    • Rough pomfret, Taractes asper Lowe, 1843.
    • Pomfret, Taractes rubescens (Jordan
      David Starr Jordan

      David Starr Jordan, Ph.D., LL.D. was a leading eugenics, ichthyologist , educator and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University....
       & Evermann, 1887)      .
  • Genus Taractichthys
    • Bigscale pomfret, Taractichthys longipinnis (Lowe, 1843).
    • Sickle pomfret, Taractichthys steindachneri (Döderlein, 1883). Called "mon' chong" in Hawai'ian.
  • Genus Xenobrama
    • Xenobrama microlepis Yatsu & Nakamura, 1989.


Literature

The pomfret is referred to in Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie

Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie is a British Indian novelist and essayist. He first achieved fame with his second novel, Midnight's Children , which won the Booker Prize in 1981....
's novel Midnight's Children
Midnight's Children

Midnight's Children is a 1981 novel by Salman Rushdie. It centres on the author's native India and was acclaimed as a major milestone in postcolonial literature....
, particularly in the chapter "The Fisherman's Pointing Finger," where he talks about how the pomfret went into decline as a driver of the economy of Bombay.

See also

  • Several species of butterfishes in the genus Pampus are also known as "pomfrets".
  • Some species of Pomfret are also known as Monchong, specifically in Hawaiian cuisine.


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