Taractes
Sign in to saveTaractes is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes from the family Bramidae, the pomfrets. Taractes can be distinguished from other bramid genera but having a flat, or slightly curved profile, between the eyes (unlike the definitive arched profile present in the other genera) and by having scales on both the dorsal and anal fins (unlike Pterycombus and Pteraclis which lack these scales).
Taxonomy · GBIF
Knifetail Pomfret
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyBramidae
Observations11
Groupactinopterygii
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Taractes is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes from the family Bramidae, the pomfrets. Taractes can be distinguished from other bramid genera but having a flat, or slightly curved profile, between the eyes (unlike the definitive arched profile present in the other genera) and by having scales on both the dorsal and anal fins (unlike Pterycombus and Pteraclis which lack these scales).
==Species== There are currently two recognized species in this genus: Taractes asper R. T. Lowe, 1843 (Rough pomfret) Taractes rubescens (D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1887) (Pomfret)