Rays Bream (Brama brama)

Rays Bream - Brama brama
Name: Rays Bream (Brama brama)
Family: Bramidae (Pomfrets)
Order: Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Alternative Name: Rays Bream
Max size: 100.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 26340); max. published weight: 6,000 g (Ref. 4645); max. reported age: 9 years
Environment: Bathypelagic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); marine ; depth range 0 - 1000 m
Climate: Deep-water; 12 - 24°C; 65°N - 70°S, 180°W - 180°E
Importance: Fisheries: commercial
Resilience: Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Assuming tm>4)
Distribution: Atlantic, Indian and South Pacific (Ref. 47377). Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada and Bermuda (Ref. 7251) to Belize and the Antilles (Ref. 26340). Eastern Atlantic: central Norway (Ref. 6697) southward to Algoa Bay, South Africa (Ref. 4388). Highly migratory species, Annex I of the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea (Ref. 26139).
Diagnosis: Dorsal spines (total): 0 - 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 35 – 38; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 29 – 32; Vertebrae: 41 – 45. Compressed, deep body with a steeply curved head profile (Ref. 33616). Dorsal and anal fins scaled and with rigid fin rays (Ref. 35388).
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