Diagnostic Description
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Grey or silvery in color, with coppery reflections (Ref. 4388).
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Migration
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Oceanodromous. Migrating within oceans typically between spawning and different feeding areas, as tunas do. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 33 - 38; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 27 - 30
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Trophic Strategy
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Pelagic (Ref. 75154).
Biology
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Generally oceanic and presumably epipelagic. Often solitary but occasionally found in small schools close to shore (Ref. 82736). Feed on shrimps and squids (Ref. 82736). Young are present in all seasons (Ref. 6697). Flesh considered very good (Ref. 3576).
Importance
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fisheries: minor commercial; price category: high; price reliability: very questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this family
Big-scale pomfret
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The big-scale pomfret (Taractichthys longipinnis) also known as the long-finned bream, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a pomfret of the family Bramidae. It is found in the Atlantic ocean, at depths down to 500 metres (1,600 ft). This species reaches a length of up to 100 centimetres (39 in) SL. This species is of minor importance to the commercial fisheries industry.[2] From Ireland there are only two records of this fish. The last being from Co. Wicklow.[3]
References
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^ Singh-Renton, S.; Pina Amargos, F.; Oxenford, H.; Collette, B.B.; Dooley, J.; Aiken, K.A.; Marechal, J. & Robertson, R. (2017) [errata version of 2015 assessment]. "Taractichthys longipinnis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T190394A115318952. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T190394A16510617.en. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
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^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Taractichthys longipinnis" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
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^ Smiddy, P. 2013. Bigscale Pomfret or Long-finned Bream. (Taractichthys longipinnis (Lowe)) stranded alive at Bray, Co. Wicklow. Ir. Nat. J.: 32: 152 - 153
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Big-scale pomfret: Brief Summary
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The big-scale pomfret (Taractichthys longipinnis) also known as the long-finned bream, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a pomfret of the family Bramidae. It is found in the Atlantic ocean, at depths down to 500 metres (1,600 ft). This species reaches a length of up to 100 centimetres (39 in) SL. This species is of minor importance to the commercial fisheries industry. From Ireland there are only two records of this fish. The last being from Co. Wicklow.
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Distribution
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Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada and northern Gulf of Mexico to Puerto Rico
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Habitat
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nektonic
North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
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Habitat
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Generally oceanic and presumably epipelagic.
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