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Ray's bream (Brama brama)
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Ray's bream (Brama brama) specimen
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Bramidae

Ray's bream

Brama brama

One Hundred Centimeters Ray

  • Tropical
  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • Europe
  • North America
  • South America
  • Deep-bodied
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

The Atlantic pomfret (Brama brama), also known as Ray's bream, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a pomfret of the family Bramidae. It is found in the Atlantic, Indian, and South Pacific Oceans, at depths down to 1,000 m (3,300 ft). Its length is between 40 and 100 cm (16 and 39 in).

Family
Bramidae
Genus
Brama
Maximum length
100 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
Distribution
Atlantic, Indian and South Pacific (Ref. 47377 ). Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada and Bermuda (Ref. 7251 ) to Belize and the Antilles (Ref. 26340 ). Also found in Brazil (Ref. 47377 ) and in Argentine (Ref. 2806 ). Eastern Atlantic: central Norway (Ref. 6697 ) southward to Algoa Bay, South Africa (Ref. 4388 ). Highly migratory species.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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