Atlantic pomfret: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Atlantic pomfret lives – recorded in 12 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Brama brama
Group	Bony fish
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	12 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania, South America
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Scombriformes
Family	Bramidae

Where does the Atlantic pomfret live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Atlantic pomfret in 12 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania and South America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Atlantic pomfret endangered?

The Atlantic pomfret’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Atlantic pomfret?

The Atlantic pomfret (Brama brama) is a ray-finned fish in the order Scombriformes and the family Bramidae, genus Brama. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Atlantic pomfret

The Atlantic pomfret (Brama brama), also known as Ray's bream, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a pomfret of the family Bramidae. It is found in the Atlantic, Indian, and South Pacific Oceans, at depths down to 1,000 m (3,300 ft).

Its length is between 40 and 100 cm (16 and 39 in). In South Africa, where it is a common bycatch of the hake fishery, it is generally known and sold as "angelfish", although it is not a true marine angelfish.

The Atlantic pomfret has very significant migration patterns which greatly depend on the temperature of intermediate waters, but are also affected by secondary reactions from density dependence and the climatic conditions of the surface. Although the species was first recorded in Irish waters in 1843, it was still regarded as scarce up until the late 1950s, but between the 1960s and 1970s large numbers were recorded.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Atlantic pomfret (revision 1362971062), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q896622 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).