# Pomfret

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{{Short description|Family of ray-finned fishes}}
{{About|the family of pomfret fish|other fish also called pomfret|Pampus (fish)|and|Trachinotus blochii|and|Parastromateus niger|other uses}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Pomfret
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Early Oligocene|recent|earliest=Ypresian}}
| image = Brama brama.jpg
| image_caption = [Atlantic pomfret](/source/Atlantic_pomfret), ''Brama brama''
| taxon = Bramidae
| authority = [Bonaparte](/source/Charles_Lucien_Bonaparte), 1831<ref name = VDLEF>{{cite journal | author1 = Richard van der Laan | author2 = William N. Eschmeyer | author3 = Ronald Fricke | name-list-style = amp | year = 2014 | title = Family-group names of Recent fishes | url = https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3882.1.1/10480 | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 3882 | issue = 2 | pages = 001–230 | doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 | pmid = 25543675 | doi-access = free | access-date = 2020-11-08 | archive-date = 2021-03-10 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210310195213/https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3882.1.1/10480 | url-status = live }}</ref>
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision_ref = <ref name = Fishbase>{{FishBase family | family = Bramidae| month = February | year = 2013}}</ref>
| subdivision = See text
}}

'''Pomfrets''' are [scombriform](/source/scombriform) fish belonging to the family '''Bramidae'''. The family currently includes 20 species across seven genera.<ref name = Fishbase /> Several species are important food sources for humans, especially ''Brama brama'' in [South Asia](/source/South_Asia).  The earlier form of the pomfret's name was "{{sic|hide=y|pam|flet}}", a word which probably ultimately comes from [Portuguese](/source/Portuguese_language) ''pampo'', referring to various fish such as the blue butterfish (''[Stromateus fiatola](/source/Stromateus_fiatola)''). The fish meat is white in color.

==Distribution==

They are found globally in the [Atlantic](/source/Atlantic), [Indian](/source/Indian_Ocean), and [Pacific Ocean](/source/Pacific_Ocean)s, as well as numerous seas including the [Norwegian](/source/Norwegian_Sea), [Mediterranean](/source/Mediterranean_Sea), and [Sea of Japan](/source/Sea_of_Japan).<ref name = Mead>{{cite journal | author1 = G. W. Mead|  year=1972 | title = Bramidae | journal = Dana Report | volume = 81 | pages = 1–166}}</ref>  Nearly all species can be found in the high seas. However, fish in the genera ''[Pterycombus](/source/Pterycombus)'' and ''[Pteraclis](/source/Pteraclis)'' tend to be found off continental shelves. Further, fishes in the genus ''[Eumegistus](/source/Eumegistus)'' are hypothesized to be largely [benthic](/source/benthic_zone) and found to occupy deep water shelves.<ref name = Mead/>

Some species of pomfrets are also known as '''monchong''', specifically in [Hawaii](/source/Hawaii)an cuisine.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sickle Pomfret (Monchong)|url=http://www.hawaii-seafood.org/sickle-pomfret-monchong/|publisher=www.hawaii-seafood.org|access-date=10 April 2016|archive-date=10 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710161906/http://www.hawaii-seafood.org/sickle-pomfret-monchong/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Genera==
The following genera are placed within the family Bramidae:<ref name = Fishbase/><ref name = CofF>{{Cof family|family=Bramidae|access-date=8 November 2020}}</ref>

* ''[Brama](/source/Brama_(fish))'' <small>[Bloch](/source/Marcus_Elieser_Bloch) & [Schneider](/source/Johann_Gottlob_Theaenus_Schneider), 1801</small>
* ''[Eumegistus](/source/Eumegistus)'' <small>[Jordan](/source/David_Starr_Jordan) & [Jordan](/source/Eric_Knight_Jordan), 1922</small>
* ''[Pteraclis](/source/Pteraclis)'' <small>[Gronow](/source/Laurens_Theodorus_Gronovius), 1772</small>
* ''[Pterycombus](/source/Pterycombus)'' <small>[Fries](/source/Bengt_Fredrik_Fries), 1837</small>
* ''[Taractes](/source/Taractes)'' <small>[Lowe](/source/Richard_Thomas_Lowe), 1843</small>
* ''[Taractichthys](/source/Taractichthys)'' <small>[Mead](/source/Giles_W._Mead) & [Maul](/source/G%C3%BCnther_Maul), 1958</small>
* ''[Xenobrama](/source/Xenobrama)'' <small>[Yatsu](/source/Ajihiko_Yatsu) & [Nakamura](/source/Izumi_Nakamura), 1989</small>
The following fossil genera are also known:<ref>{{Cite web |title=PBDB Taxon |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=133669 |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=paleobiodb.org}}</ref>

* ?†''[Bramoides](/source/Bramoides)'' <small>Casier, 1966</small>
* ?†''[Goniocranion](/source/Goniocranion)'' <small>Casier, 1966</small> (possibly a [lampriform](/source/Lampriformes))
* †''[Paucaichthys](/source/Paucaichthys)'' <small>Baciu & Bannikov, 2003</small> 

The fossil genus †''[Digoria](/source/Digoria_ambigua)'' was also previously placed with the Bramidae, but is now known to be a [polymixiiform](/source/polymixiiform) within in its own family, [Digoriidae](/source/Digoriidae).<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bannikov |first=A. F. |last2=Daniltshenko |first2=P. G. |date=1987 |title=A new family of Cenozoic bream (order Beryciformes) |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282849911_A_new_family_of_Cenozoic_bream_order_Beryciformes |journal=Transactions of the USSR Academy of Sciences (Earth science) |volume=283 |pages=197–199}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Laan |first=Richard van der |date=2018-10-11 |title=Family-group names of fossil fishes |url=https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/597 |journal=European Journal of Taxonomy |language=en |issue=466 |doi=10.5852/ejt.2018.466 |issn=2118-9773|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Schrøder |first=Ane Elise |last2=Rasmussen |first2=Jan Audun |last3=Møller |first3=Peter Rask |last4=Carnevale |first4=Giorgio |date=2022-08-31 |title=A new beardfish (Teleostei, Polymixiiformes) from the Eocene Fur Formation, Denmark |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=42 |issue=2 |article-number=e2142914 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2022.2142914 |issn=0272-4634|hdl=10037/28645 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>

==See also==
* Several species of butterfishes in the genus ''[Pampus](/source/Pampus_(fish))'' are also known as "pomfrets".
* [List of fish families](/source/List_of_fish_families)

== References ==
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