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Brama caribbea
Brama caribbea, the Caribbean pomfret, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a pomfret of the family Bramidae. It is found in the Western Atlantic Ocean.
From the article Brama caribbea on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Brama caribbea can be distinguished from congeners through the following characteristics:
Possessing pectoral fins that are placed high on the body in both juvenile and adult stages Having relatively short ventral fins Possessing fewer than 60 scales in a horizontal series between the gill opening and caudal fin base Having a total number of vertebrae equaling 38 or fewer (modally 36) Having 19–21 pectoral fin rays
Range & habitat
Brama caribbea, appears to be more closely associated with landmasses than its congeners, specifically those associated with the Caribbean (from which its name is derived) and the Northeastern coastal waters of Brazil.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
Brama caribbea consumes a range of food items, but primarily forages for crustaceans (~48% of their diet, largely being euphausiacids and Brachyscelus crusculum), fishes (28%, primarily myctophids and Acanthurus species), and cephalopods (15%, including enoploteuthids and ommastrephids).
Wikipedia: “Diet”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 317007.