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Bramidae (Pomfrets)
Etymology: Eumegistus: Greek, eu = good + Greek , megistos, -e, -on = very big, powerfull (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Poey.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin bathypélagique; profondeur 384 - 1317 m (Ref. 82736). Deep-water; 29°N - 16°S, 95°W - 32°W
Western Central Atlantic: Bahamas, Carribean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Colombia and Venezuela. Southwest Atlantic: Fernando de Noronha Archipelago and Bahia, Brazil.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 61.0 cm FL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 40637); poids max. publié: 3.1 kg (Ref. 40637)
All adults have been taken from off large islands (Ref. 4936). Meso/bathypelagic species (Ref. 82736). Feeds on fishes, crustaceans, cephalopods and worms (Ref. 82736).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Gomes, J., 1990. Bramidae. p. 758-764. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNCT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 4936)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 6.1 - 12.5, mean 8.4 °C (based on 88 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01820 (0.00782 - 0.04232), b=2.96 (2.76 - 3.16), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 4.5 ±0.61 se; based on food items.
Résilience (Ref.
120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Fec > 10,000).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (47 of 100).