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Brama japonica Hilgendorf, 1878

Pacific pomfret
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Philippines country information

Common names: Tabas
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: Western Calatagan, Batangas, UPZM 5346. Occurrence needs confirmation.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: De la Paz, R.M., N. Aragones and D. Agulto, 1988
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Castagnole du Pacifique, Bigtooth pomfret, Castagnole du Pacifique, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Scombriformes (Mackerels) > Bramidae (Pomfrets)
Etymology: Brama: Old French, breme, bresme = a fresh water fish; 1460 (Ref. 45335);  japonica: Named after Japan, its type locality (Ref. 6885).
  More on author: Hilgendorf.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino; oceanodromo (Ref. 51243); rango de profundidad 271 - 620 m (Ref. 50610).   Subtropical; 9°C - 21°C (Ref. 33866); 66°N -

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Pacific Ocean: Japan to Bering Sea, and south to Peru. Reported from the Philippines (Ref. 6956) and Taiwan (Ref. 5193). Highly migratory species.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm 36.0, range 30 - 42 cm
Max length : 61.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 2850); peso máximo publicado: 2.7 kg (Ref. 56527); edad máxima reportada: 9 años (Ref. 56527)

Short description Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total): 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total): 33-36; Espinas anales 0; Radios blandos anales: 27 - 30. Dorsal and anal fins in adults with scales, without basal sheath of scales, and not fully depressible Interorbital space in adults strongly convex, the profile notably arched. Scales on caudal peduncle forming a graded size series with those on the bases of the midcaudal peduncle rays.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Oceanic species which occurs near the surface (Ref. 2850). Feeds on crustaceans (amphipods and euphausiids), small fishes and squid (Ref. 4563). Rarely caught inshore (Ref. 2850). Good food fish (Ref. 6885).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Thompson, Bruce | Colaboradores

Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p. (Ref. 2850)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 3.2 - 13, mean 9.4 (based on 240 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5039   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01738 (0.00895 - 0.03374), b=2.95 (2.77 - 3.13), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  4.4   ±0.3 se; based on diet studies.
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (tm=4).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (49 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   High.