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Rough pomfret
Taractes asper
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Rough pomfret
- Scientific
- Taractes asper
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Family
- Bramidae (pomfrets)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 50 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Open ocean, near the surface and in mid-water, recorded from 1 to 140 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2018
Description
A pomfret with rough scales, reaching about 50 cm, living in open ocean waters.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Taractes-asper.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.