Atlantic pomfret

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = Brama brama McCoy.jpg

| image2 = Brama brama 1.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Iwamoto, T. |author2=Singh-Renton, S. |author3=Robertson, R. |author4=Marechal, J. |author5=Aiken, K.A. |author6=Dooley, J. |author7=Collette, B.B. |author8=Oxenford, H. |author9=Pina Amargos, F. |author10=Kishore, R. |date=2015 |title=Brama brama |volume=2015 |page=e.T195091A19929350 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T195091A19929350.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| taxon = Brama brama

| authority = (Bonnaterre, 1788)

| synonyms = * Sparus brama Bonnaterre, 1788

• Sparus dentatus Berkenhout, 1789
• Lepidotus catalonicus Asso, 1801
• Brama raji Bloch & Schneider, 1801
• Sparus raji (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
• Sparus castaneola Lacepède, 1802
• Sparus niger Turton, 1804
• Lepodus saragus Rafinesque, 1810
• Brama marina Fleming, 1828
• Brama chilensis Guichenot, 1848
• Lepidotus chilensis (Guichenot, 1848)
• Brama pinnasquamata Couch, 1849
• Chaetodon umbratus Cabrera, Pérez & Haenseler, 1857
• Toxotes squamosus Hutton, 1875
• Brama squamosa (Hutton, 1875)
• Lepodus squamosus (Hutton, 1875)

| synonyms_ref = {{Fishbase|Brama|brama|month=December|year=2019}}

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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 {{convert|1000|m|ft|abbr=on}}.

Its length is between {{convert|40|and|100|cm|in|abbr=on}}. In South Africa, where it is a common bycatch of the hake fishery, it is generally known and sold as "angelfish",{{cite web |title=Angelfish Fillet Avg 350g |url=https://www.woolworths.co.za/prod/_/A-2065810000006 |website=Woolworths |access-date=26 August 2024}} although it is not a true marine angelfish.{{cite web |title=angelfish |url=https://wwfsassi.co.za/sassi-list/fish/?id=31 |website=WWF SASSI |publisher=WWF |access-date=26 August 2024}}

The Atlantic pomfret has very significant migration patterns{{cite journal |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308967810 |title=Unveiling the influence of the environment on the migration pattern of the Atlantic pomfret (Brama brama) in North-eastern Atlantic waters |doi=10.1111/fog.12176 |last1=Quinzán |first1=M. |last2=Castro |first2=José |last3=González |first3=Manuel Marín |last4=Costas |first4=Gersom |last5=Monserrat |first5=S. |last6=Amores |first6=A. |last7=Massutí |first7=E. |last8=Hidalgo |first8=M. |institution=Instituto Español de Oceanografia |date=September 2016 |access-date=2020-11-06 |journal=Fisheries Oceanography |volume=25 |number=6 |pages=610−623|bibcode=2016FisOc..25..610Q }} 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.