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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 / Tiefenbereich / distribution range
Ökologie
seewasser pelagic-oceanic; ozeanodrom (Ref. 51243); tiefenbereich 271 - 620 m (Ref. 50610). Subtropical; 9°C - 21°C (Ref. 33866); 66°N -
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 / Gewicht / Alter
Geschlechtsreife: Lm 36.0, range 30 - 42 cm
Max length : 61.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 2850); max. veröff. Gewicht: 2.7 kg (Ref. 56527); max. veröff. Alter: 9 Jahre (Ref. 56527)
Rückenflossenstacheln (insgesamt) : 0; Rückenflossenweichstrahlen (insgesamt) : 33 - 36; Afterflossenstacheln: 0; Afterflossenweichstrahlen: 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.
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.
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).
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 Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Bedrohung für Menschen
Harmless
Nutzung durch Menschen
Fischereien: kommerziell; Sportfisch: ja
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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): PD
50 = 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.
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref.
120179): mittel, Verdopplung der Population dauert 1,4 - 4,4 Jahre. (tm=4).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (49 of 100).
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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.