Family Bramidae - Pomfrets
  Order
:
Bramidae Bramidae
  Class
:
Teleostei
No. in FishBase
:
Genera : 7 | Species : 20 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
:
Fresh : No | Brackish : Yes | Marine : Yes
  Division
:
Marine
  Aquarium
:
none
  First Fossil Record
:
upper   Tertiary   upper   Miocene
Ref..   Berg, L.S. 1958
  Remark
:
Distribution: Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans; oceanic. Dorsal fin extending over length of body in some; anterior dorsal fin spines unbranched; anal spines lost; 36-54 vertebrae. To 85 cm maximum length, reported for Taractichthys longipinnis. Eumegistus is thought to be the most primitive genus.
  Etymology
:
Old French, bresme = a fresh water fish, (near 1460)
  Reproductive guild
:
nonguarders
  Typical activity level
:
  Main Ref.
:
  Coordinator
:
  Deep Fin Classification
:
Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Acanthopterygii | Percomorphaceae | Pelagiaria | | | Scombriformes | | | Bramidae

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Bramidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Brama brama (Bonnaterre, 1788)
acceptedseniornew
Sparus brama Bonnaterre, 1788
synonymseniororiginal
Sparus dentatus Berkenhout, 1789
ambiguousquestionableoriginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Brama raji Bloch & Schneider, 1801
synonymotheroriginal
Sparus raji (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
synonymothernew
! Brama raii Bloch & Schneider, 1801
synonymotheroriginal
! Brama rayi Bloch & Schneider, 1801
synonymotheroriginal
Sparus castaneola Lacepède, 1802
synonymjuniororiginal
Sparus niger Turton, 1804
synonymjuniororiginal
Lepodus saragus Rafinesque, 1810
synonymjuniororiginal
Brama marina Fleming, 1828
synonymjuniororiginal
Brama chilensis Guichenot, 1848
ambiguousquestionableoriginal
Lepidotus chilensis (Guichenot, 1848)
ambiguousquestionablenew
synonymjuniororiginal
Chaetodon umbratus Cabrera, Pérez & Haenseler, 1857
synonymjuniororiginal
Toxotes squamosus Hutton, 1875
synonymjuniororiginal
Brama squamosa (Hutton, 1875)
synonymjuniornew
Lepodus squamosus (Hutton, 1875)
synonymjuniornew
Brama dussumieri Cuvier, 1831
acceptedseniororiginal
Tylometopon dussumieri (Cuvier, 1831)
synonymseniornew
Brama agassizi Poey, 1860
ambiguousquestionableoriginal
Brama leucotaenia Fowler, 1938
synonymjuniororiginal
! Brama raji (non Bloch, 1791)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Brama raii (non Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
misappliedmisappliednew
Brama orcini Cuvier, 1831
acceptedseniororiginal
Collybus drachme Snyder, 1904
synonymjuniororiginal
Brama drachme (Snyder, 1904)
synonymjuniornew
Brama australis Valenciennes, 1838
acceptedseniororiginal
Brama chilensis Guichenot, 1848
synonymjuniororiginal
Brama japonica Hilgendorf, 1878
acceptedseniororiginal
Brama raii (non Bloch, 1791)
misappliedmisappliednew
Brama caribbea Mead, 1972
acceptedseniororiginal
! Brama caribbaea Mead, 1972
synonymseniororiginal
Collybus drachme (non Snyder, 1904)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Brama myersi Mead, 1972
acceptedseniororiginal
Brama pauciradiata Moteki, Fujita & Last, 1995
acceptedseniororiginal
Pteraclis velifera (Pallas, 1770)
acceptedseniornew
Coryphaena velifera Pallas, 1770
synonymseniororiginal
! Pteraclis valifera (Pallas, 1770)
synonymseniornew
! Pteraclis velifer (Pallas, 1770)
synonymseniornew
! Pteraclis vellifera (Pallas, 1770)
synonymseniornew
Pteraclis pinnata Gronow, 1772
synonymjuniororiginal
Pteraclis ocellatus Valenciennes, 1833
synonymjuniororiginal
Pteraclis trichipterus Valenciennes, 1833
synonymjuniororiginal
Pteraclis guttatus Valenciennes, 1833
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Pteraclis carolinus Valenciennes, 1833
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Pteraclis aesticola (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
acceptedseniornew
Bentenia aesticola Jordan & Snyder, 1901
synonymseniororiginal
Pterycombus brama Fries, 1837
acceptedseniororiginal
Centropholis goodei Jordan, 1919
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Pterycombus brama thynniculina Maksimov & Hognestad, 1969
synonymjuniororiginal
Pteraclis carolinus (non Valenciennes, 1833)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Pterycombus petersii (Hilgendorf, 1878)
acceptedseniornew
Centropholis petersii Hilgendorf, 1878
synonymseniororiginal
Pteraclis petersii (Hilgendorf, 1878)
synonymseniornew
Pterycombus falcatus Barnard, 1927
synonymjuniororiginal
Centropholoides falcatus (Barnard, 1927)
synonymjuniornew
Taractes asper Lowe, 1843
acceptedseniororiginal
Brama raschii Esmark, 1862
synonymjuniororiginal
Taractes raschii (Esmark, 1862)
synonymjuniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
Taractes platycephalus Matsubara, 1936
synonymjuniororiginal
Taractes longipinnis (non Lowe, 1843)
misappliedmisappliednew
Taractes steindachneri (non Döderlein, 1883)
misappliedmisappliednew
Taractes rubescens (Jordan & Evermann, 1887)
acceptedseniornew
Steinegeria rubescens Jordan & Evermann, 1887
synonymseniororiginal
! Tractes rubescenes (Jordan & Evermann, 1887)
synonymseniornew
Eumegistus illustris Jordan & Jordan, 1922
acceptedseniororiginal
Eumegistus brevorti (Poey, 1860)
acceptedseniornew
Brama brevorti Poey, 1860
synonymseniororiginal
Taractes brevorti (Poey, 1860)
synonymseniornew
synonymseniornew
Brama saussurii Lunel, 1866
synonymjuniororiginal
! Brama saussuri Lunel, 1866
synonymjuniororiginal
! Pseudotaractes saussuri (Lunel, 1866)
synonymjuniornew
! Taractes saussuri (Lunel, 1866)
synonymjuniornew
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
Brama princeps Johnson, 1863
synonymjuniororiginal
Lepidotus princeps (Johnson, 1863)
synonymjuniornew
Taractes princeps (Johnson, 1863)
synonymjuniornew
Taractes asper (non Lowe, 1843)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Taractichthys steindachneri (Döderlein, 1883)
acceptedseniornew
Argo steindachneri Döderlein, 1883
synonymseniororiginal
Taractes steindachneri (Döderlein, 1883)
synonymseniornew
! Taratichthys steindachneri (Döderlein, 1883)
synonymseniornew
! Teractichthys steindachneri (Döderlein, 1883)
synonymseniornew
! Tractichthys steindachneri (Döderlein, 1883)
synonymseniornew
Taractes miltonis Whitley, 1938
synonymjuniororiginal
Taractes longipinnis (non Lowe, 1843)
misappliedmisappliednew
Xenobrama microlepis Yatsu & Nakamura, 1989
acceptedseniororiginal
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