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Sickle pomfret
Taractichthys steindachneri
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Sickle pomfret
- Scientific
- Taractichthys steindachneri
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Family
- Bramidae (pomfrets)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 60 cm (total length); max. published weight 11 kg
- Depth and habitat
- Near the bottom and in the water column above it, recorded from 50 to 700 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A deep-bodied pomfret covered in large spiny scales with tall sickle-shaped dorsal and anal fins, reaching about 60 cm. It lives along the shelf edge at about 50 to 700 m.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Taractichthys-steindachneri.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Fis01170_(28066510502).jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.