Stromateidae

white pomfret

Pampus argenteus

Few small scales on body

• Silver
• White
• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• East Asia
• Southeast Asia
• Deep-bodied
• Compressed cross-section
• Large
• Tropical fish

Pampus argenteus, the silver pomfret or white pomfret is a species of butterfish that lives in the Indo-West Pacific, spanning the coastal waters of the Middle East, Eastern Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia. The species has been reported only twice, one hundred years apart, from the central Mediterranean Sea. Silver pomfrets are usually silver/white in color, with few small scales.