Species
There are about 20 species in eight genera:
- Genus Brama
- Brama australis
- Atlantic pomfret, Brama brama
- Caribbean pomfret, Brama caribbea
- Lesser bream, Brama dussumieri
- Pacific pomfret, Brama japonica
- Brama myersi
- Bigtooth pomfret, Brama orcini
- Brama pauciradiata .
- Genus Collybus
- Collybus drachme .
- Genus Eumegistus
- Eumegistus brevorti
- Eumegistus illustris
- Genus Pteraclis
- Pacific fanfish, Pteraclis aesticola
- Pteraclis carolinus .
- Spotted fanfish, Pteraclis velifera
- Genus Pterycombus
- Atlantic fanfish, Pterycombus brama
- Prickly pomfret, Pterycombus petersii
- Genus Taractes
- Rough pomfret, Taractes asper .
- Pomfret, Taractes rubescens .
- Genus Taractichthys
- Bigscale pomfret, Taractichthys longipinnis
- Sickle pomfret, Taractichthys steindachneri
- Genus Xenobrama
- Xenobrama microlepis
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