પાપલેટ માછલી

પાપલેટ માછલી are perciform fishes belonging to the family Bramidae. 

તે ખાસ કરીને એટલેન્ટીક મહાસાગર, હિંદ મહાસાગર, અને પેસેફિક મહાસાગરમાં મળી આવે છે., and the largest species, the Atlantic pomfret, Brama brama, grows up to  long.

તેની કેટલીક જાતો ખોરાક માટે જાણીતી છે,ખાસ કરીને "બ્રામા બ્રામા" દક્ષીણ એશીયામાં.  The earlier form of the pomfret's name was , a word which probably ultimately comes from Portuguese pampo, referring to various fish such as the blue butterfish (Stromateus fiatola).

It is known by various names, such as Paaplet/Saranga/Pamphlet in Marathi, Vavval in Tamil, Maanji in Tulu and Avoli in Malayalam.

 Species 
There are about twenty species in eight genera:
 Genus Brama
 Brama australis Valenciennes, 1837.
 Atlantic pomfret, Brama brama (Fries, 1837).
 Caribbean pomfret, Brama caribbea Mead, 1972.
 Lesser bream, Brama dussumieri Cuvier, 1831.
 Pacific pomfret, Brama japonica Hilgendorf, 1878.
 Brama myersi Mead, 1972.
 Bigtooth pomfret, Brama orcini Cuvier, 1831.
 Brama pauciradiata Moteki, Fujita & Last, 1995.
 Genus Collybus
 Collybus drachme Snyder, 1904.
 Genus Eumegistus
 Eumegistus brevorti (Poey, 1860).
 Eumegistus illustris Jordan & Jordan, 1922.
 Genus Pteraclis
 Pacific fanfish, Pteraclis aesticola (Jordan & Snyder, 1901).
 Pteraclis carolinus Valenciennes, 1833.thumb|240px|Pteraclis carolinus
 Spotted fanfish, Pteraclis velifera australiae Whitley, 1935.
 Genus Pterycombus
 Atlantic fanfish, Pterycombus brama Fries, 1837.
 Prickly pomfret, Pterycombus petersii (Hilgendorf, 1878).
 Genus Taractes
 Rough pomfret, Taractes asper Lowe, 1843.
 Pomfret, Taractes rubescens (Jordan & Evermann, 1887).
 Genus Taractichthys
 Bigscale pomfret, Taractichthys longipinnis (Lowe, 1843).
 Sickle pomfret, Taractichthys steindachneri (Döderlein, 1883). Called "mon' chong" in Hawai'ian.
 Genus Xenobrama
 Xenobrama microlepis Yatsu & Nakamura, 1989.

 See also 
 Several species of butterfishes in the genus Pampus are also known as "pomfrets".
 Some species of Pomfret are also known as Monchong, specifically in Hawaiian cuisine.  

 References 


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