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Summary for Brama brama Larvae
Atlantic pomfret

Brama  brama  (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Family:	Bramidae (Pomfrets)			( not available )
Order:	Perciformes
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
English name:	Atlantic pomfret
Distribution:	Atlantic, Indian and South Pacific (Ref. 47377). Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada and Bermuda (Ref. 7251) to Belize and the Antilles (Ref. 26340). Eastern Atlantic: central Norway (Ref. 6697) southward to Algoa Bay, South Africa (Ref. 4388). Highly migratory species, Annex I of the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea (Ref. 26139).
Adult biology:	An oceanic and epipelagic species, also found to 1,000 m depth (Ref. 27121). Occasionally comes close to shore (Ref. 9563). Seasonal migrant occurring in small schools, movements apparently temperature-related. Opportunistic feeder on small fishes, cephalopods, amphipods, and euphausiids. Sold fresh and frozen; eaten steamed, fried, broiled and baked (Ref. 9988).
Diagnosis:	Diagnostic characters: small larvae are tadpole-like, with large, rounded head, compact gut and compressed tail; up to 12 small to moderate preopercular spines; early forming, elongate pelvic fins, reaching well beyond anus in postflexion larvae; heavily pigmented head in early postflexion larvae; scattered melanophores on branchiostegal membrane from late preflexion stage. Sequence of fin formation: pectoral (<3.5-7.2 mm); pelvic (4.8-6.1 mm); caudal (4.8-6.6 mm); dorsal (5.0-10.3 mm); anal (5.0-10.3 mm). Larvae have been caught in coastal waters off Geraldton (WA) in September, and off Sydney (NSW) from May to August (Ref. 33622). See also LARVAE table.
Climate Zone:	deep-water; 12 - 24°C; 65°N - 70°S
Main Ref:	Neira, F.J., A.G. Miskiewicz and T. Trnski. 1998. (Ref. 33616)
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	Entered: Luna, Susan M.

	Ref.:				Glossary
		(e.g. 9948)				(e.g. urostyle)

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