Maldives Marine Life

Marine life of Maldivian waters

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Bigtooth pomfret
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Photo: John Otterbein Snyder / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain (view on Wikimedia Commons)Historical illustration. Source: Snyder, John Otterbein (1904) Catalogue of the Shore Fishes Collected by the Steamer Albatross About the Hawaiian Islands in 1902, Bulletin of the United States; Commons file: Brama orcini.jpg

Bigtooth pomfret

Brama orcini

Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).

English
Bigtooth pomfret
Scientific
Brama orcini
Dhivehi
No recorded Dhivehi name
Group
Tunas and other pelagics
Family
Bramidae (pomfrets)
Maximum size
Up to about 42 cm (total length); max. published weight 6630 g
Depth and habitat
Near the bottom and in the water column above it, recorded from 1 to 1229 m
IUCN status
NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)

Description

A deep-bodied pomfret with large teeth, reaching about 42 cm, usually found near land.

Sources

Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.