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Species catalogue
Ray’s bream
Order
Perciformes
Family
Bramidae
Marine fish with regularly ossified skeleton. Oval body, high and compressed. Head profile very rounded. Oblique mouth with small teeth arranged in brush. Long and low dorsal and anal fins. Blackish gray color, with metallic luster; Yellow pectoral fins. Up to 70 cm long. It weighs up to 6 kg.
Characteristics
FAO code
POA
POA
Specie
Brama brama
Brama brama
Type
Blue fish
Blue fish
FAO Fishing Areas
- Area 21: the Northwestern part of the Atlantic Ocean
- Area 31: the Western part of the Atlantic Ocean
- Area 34: the Eastern Central part of the Atlantic Ocean
- Area 37: the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea
- Area 41: the Southwestern part of the Atlantic Ocean
- Area 47: the Southeastern part of the Atlantic Ocean
- Area 51: the Western part of the Indian Ocean
- Area 57: the Eastern part of the Indian Ocean
- Area 81: the Southwestern part of the Pacific Ocean
- Area 87: the Southeastern part of the Pacific Ocean
Fishing seasons
feb
mar
apr
may
jun
jul
aug
sep
oct
nov
dec
International denominations
Germany
Brachsenmakrele
France
Hirondelle
Italy
Pesce castagna
Portugal
Xaputa
United Kingdom
Ray’s bream
Japan
Hamashimagatsuo
Fishing areas
