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Brama japonica Hilgendorf, 1878

Pacific pomfret
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Teleostei (teleosts) > 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 Ecology

Marine; pelagic-oceanic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 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 / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 36.0, range 30 - 42 cm
Max length : 61.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2850); max. published weight: 2.7 kg (Ref. 56527); max. reported age: 9 years (Ref. 56527)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 33 - 36; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 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.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. 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).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Thompson, Bruce | Collaborators

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: Version 2024-2)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 3.2 - 13, mean 9.4 °C (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 (0.00907 - 0.03328), b=2.95 (2.77 - 3.13), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.4   ±0.3 se; based on diet studies.
Generation time: 5.9 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2 growth studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tm=4).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (49 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   High.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 21.1 [6.7, 81.1] mg/100g; Iron = 0.541 [0.212, 1.849] mg/100g; Protein = 20.2 [18.3, 21.9] %; Omega3 = 0.366 [0.209, 0.633] g/100g; Selenium = 31.9 [15.8, 62.6] μg/100g; VitaminA = 14.3 [3.9, 53.5] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.387 [0.210, 0.862] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.