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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). |