Flathead Pomfret, Taractes asper Lowe 1843
Other Names: Rough Pomfret
A Flathead Pomfret, Taractes asper, from the Outer Bay of Plenty, Alderman Trough west of Koruenga Knoll, New Zealand, 1994, NMNZ P.031284. Source: Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa. License: CC By Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives
Summary:
A silvery pomfret fading to dark grey to brown or black after capture, with a broad flattened area on the head above the large eyes that are positioned near the top of the head.
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Bray, D.J. 2018, Taractes asper in Fishes of Australia, accessed 18 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/2365
Flathead Pomfret, Taractes asper Lowe 1843
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Distribution |
Off central New South Wales to the South Tasman Rise, Tasmania. The species is circumglobal with an antitropical distribution, and has been recorded west of south Western Australia, so likely occurs in oceanic waters off Australian's south coast. |
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Species Citation |
Taractes asper Lowe 1843, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 11: 82. Type locality: Madeira. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2018 |
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Flathead Pomfret, Taractes asper Lowe 1843
References
Last, P.R. & Baron, M. 1994. Rays bream: a new pelagic fishery? Australian Fisheries 53(8): 19-22
Last, P.R. & Moteki, M. 2001. Bramidae. pp. 2824-2836 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 5 2791-3379 pp.
Lowe, R.T. 1843. Notices of fishes newly observed or discovered in Madeira during the years 1840, 1841 and 1842. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 11: 81-95
Mead, G.W. 1972. Bramidae. Dana Reports 81: 1-166 figs 1-58 pls 1-9
Moteki, M. & Nagasawa, K. 1998. Distribution of the rough pomfret, Taractes asper (Bramidae), in the central North Pacific Ocean. Ichthyological Research 45(4): 419-423.
Parin, N.V. & Shcherbachev, Yu.N. 1998. Taractes asper (Bramidae) in the waters of California. Journal of Ichthyology 38(4):338-339.
Paulin, C., Stewart, A., Roberts, C. & McMillan, P. 1989. New Zealand fish: a complete guide. National Museum of New Zealand Miscellaneous Series 19: 1-279
Stewart, A.L., Struthers, C.D. & . Last, P.L. 2015. 180 Family Bramidae, pp. 1263-1271, in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. (eds). The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 4 pp. 1153-1748.
