New Caledonia country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nc.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: (, 2011
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Common names from other countries

Keeltail pomfret, Knifetail pomfret, Keeltail pomfret, ... more

Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Scombriformes (Mackerels) > Bramidae (Pomfrets)
Etymology: Taractes: Greek, taraktes = confusion; for the pletora of names that have been applied to this fish (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Jordan & Evermann.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ekologi

marina bentopelagisk; havsvandrande (Ref. 51243); djupintervall 0 - 600 m (Ref. 82736). Tropical

Utbredning Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Point map | Utplanteringar | Faunafri

Pacific and Atlantic: widely distributed in tropical waters (Ref. 559). Eastern Central Pacific: Costa Rica to Peru. Eastern Atlantic: off west Africa. Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico, Trinidad. Not known from the Indian Ocean (Ref. 4936). Recently reported in Aden Gulf, Arabian Sea (Ref. 85285). Highly migratory species.

Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 89.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 97146); common length : 30.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 55763)

Short description Bestämningsnycklar | Morfologi | Morfometri

Taggstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 0; Mjukstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 30 - 32; Taggstrålar i analfenan: 0; Mjukstrålar i analfenan: 21 - 23. Caudal peduncle with a strong keel formed of enlarged and fused scales. Scaleless areas above and behind the eyes. Lateral line in adults obsolete. Fins of juveniles very long. Attains 70 cm SL.

Adults occur from shallow water to about 600 m depth offshore (Ref. 82736). Often solitary (Ref. 82736).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproduktion | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larver

Main reference Upload your references | referenser | Koordinator : Thompson, Bruce | Medarbetare

Gomes, J., 1990. Bramidae. p. 758-764. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNCT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 4936)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 29 January 2013

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)