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Bony fish

Atlantic Pomfret

Brama brama

Also known as: Angelfish, Black Sea Bream, Common Pomfret, Ray's Bream, Ray's Sea Bream

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2015
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@tkvkp · neapoli lakonias, Greece · May 20151 / 1
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Overview

Found in small schools, occasionally close to shore but usually oceanic in the sunlight zone.
Widespread Eastern Atlantic, Western Atlantic, Indo-Pacific, South Pacific

These fish are highly migratory and are an important food source for humans.

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How to identify

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Behaviour
open waterschooling

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-Pacific, Southwest Pacific, Southeast Pacific, Western Atlantic, Eastern Atlantic
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Found in small schools, occasionally close to shore but usually oceanic in the sunlight zone.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderScombriformes
    5. familyBramidae
    6. genusBrama
    7. speciesBrama brama (Bonnaterre, 1788)

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