© Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002 · 0 Taractes rubescens Click on map for details about points. 80x5 - 240x3 - 240x4 - 320x1 - 320x2 - 320x3 - 640x1 - 640x2 Set display option above. Click on image to enlarge. © Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002 · 0 Taractes see all kinds   •  1 thumbnail  •  slide show Kinds Taractes asper, Flathead Pomfret Taractes rubescens, Knifetail Pomfret español Overview Main identification features body compressed, deep; forehead oblique dorsal fin and a: long front lobes tail base: long, strong keel body and fins with large scales TARACTES POMFRETS Head and body compressed; snout pointed; head profile straight, oblique; mouth at front, strongly oblique; eye large; dorsal and anal fins low, with large pointed lobes at front; tail deeply concave; tail base with a large, long keel made of fused scales ; pectoral low on ody, long, reaches past front lobe of anal fin; pelvics small, inserted just before pectoral base; scales large; dorsal & anal fins scaly; adults without lateral line; juveniles with very long fins. A circumglobal genus with a disjunctive distribution (absent for the eastern Indian Ocean and central Pacific); with 2 species; one Pacific and west Atlantic species enters the southern fringe of our region. References Béarez, P., 1996., Lista de los Peces Marinos del Ecuador Continental., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 44:731-741. Fischer , W. , Krup , F. , Schneider , W. , Sommer , C. , Carpenter , K. E. and Niem, V. H., 1995., Guia FAO para la Identificacion de Especies de para los fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. Volumen II. Vertebrados - Parte 1., FAO2:647-1200. Jimenez-Prado, P., Béarez, P., 2004., Peces marinos del Ecuador continental / Marine fishes of continental Ecuador., SIMBIOE/NAZCA/IFEA tomo 1 y 2. Jordan , D.S. and Evermann, B.W., 1887., Description of six new species of fishes from the Gulf of Mexico, with notes on other species., Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 9:466-476. Jordan , D.S. and Evermann, B.W., 1896., The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part I., Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., 47:1-1240. Acknowledgements Ross Robertson, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page. Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Updated: 2024-05-01 01:02:04 gmt Discover Life | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation