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<h2 id="distribution">Distribution</h2> <p>They are found globally in the <a href="/facts/Atlantic/EI4uChIb">Atlantic</a>, <a href="/facts/Indian_Ocean/Kv0crwKG">Indian</a>, and <a href="/facts/Pacific_Ocean/bdxgXRVM">Pacific Oceans</a>, as well as numerous seas including the <a href="/facts/Norwegian_Sea/mtmQwGxS">Norwegian</a>, <a href="/facts/Mediterranean_Sea/Vr2pzVbM">Mediterranean</a>, and <a href="/facts/Sea_of_Japan/eDf8AHIq">Sea of Japan</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> Nearly all species can be found in the high seas. However, fish in the genera <i><a href="/facts/Pterycombus/E3nJrFcy">Pterycombus</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/Pteraclis/IDEumtLC">Pteraclis</a></i> tend to be found off continental shelves. Further, fishes in the genus <i><a href="/facts/Eumegistus/oe9JepBG">Eumegistus</a></i> are hypothesized to be largely <a href="/facts/Benthic_zone/N3lM6P7I">benthic</a> and found to occupy deep water shelves.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p><p>Some species of pomfrets are also known as monchong, specifically in <a href="/facts/Hawaii/ImxFefeK">Hawaiian</a> cuisine.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="genera">Genera</h2> <p>The following genera are placed within the family Bramidae:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Brama_(fish)/br3XLy2T">Brama</a></i> <a href="/facts/Marcus_Elieser_Bloch/QmJ7aoJq">Bloch</a> & <a href="/facts/Johann_Gottlob_Theaenus_Schneider/jntznJbV">Schneider</a>, 1801</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Eumegistus/oe9JepBG">Eumegistus</a></i> <a href="/facts/David_Starr_Jordan/qLNo5UIR">Jordan</a> & Jordan, 1922</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Pteraclis/IDEumtLC">Pteraclis</a></i> <a href="/facts/Laurens_Theodorus_Gronovius/tu6RH64G">Gronow</a>, 1772</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Pterycombus/E3nJrFcy">Pterycombus</a></i> <a href="/facts/Bengt_Fredrik_Fries/uM5uAx6P">Fries</a>, 1837</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Taractes/yXDf8IYh">Taractes</a></i> <a href="/facts/Richard_Thomas_Lowe/suG4kR68">Lowe</a>, 1843</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Taractichthys/CBWgXn1q">Taractichthys</a></i> <a href="/facts/Giles_W._Mead/sF7xRmQm">Mead</a> & <a href="/facts/G%C3%BCnther_Maul/yIF8eNq1">Maul</a>, 1958</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Xenobrama/tpxmVdQ2">Xenobrama</a></i> Yatsu & Nakamura, 1989</li></ul> <p>The following fossil genera are also known:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p> <ul><li>?†<i><a href="/facts/Bramoides/6I7vbsYI">Bramoides</a></i> Casier, 1966</li> <li>?†<i><a href="/facts/Goniocranion/U59qquzH">Goniocranion</a></i> Casier, 1966 (possibly a <a href="/facts/Lampriformes/3WomFkaW">lampriform</a>)</li> <li>†<i>Paucaichthys</i> Baciu & Bannikov, 2003</li></ul> <p>The fossil genus <i>Digoria</i> was also previously placed with the Bramidae, but is now known to be a <a href="/facts/Beardfish/9Ss7yIBd">beardfish</a>. </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li>Several species of butterfishes in the genus <i><a href="/facts/Pampus_(fish)/u4gu0PAN">Pampus</a></i> are also known as "pomfrets".</li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_fish_families/8Jmugklu">List of fish families</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Bramidae". FishBase. February 2013 version. <a href="/wiki/Rainer_Froese" target="_blank">/wiki/Rainer_Froese</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>G. W. Mead (1972). "Bramidae". Dana Report. 81: 1–166. <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>G. W. Mead (1972). "Bramidae". Dana Report. 81: 1–166. <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Sickle Pomfret (Monchong)". www.hawaii-seafood.org. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2016. <a href="http://www.hawaii-seafood.org/sickle-pomfret-monchong/" target="_blank">http://www.hawaii-seafood.org/sickle-pomfret-monchong/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Bramidae". FishBase. February 2013 version. <a href="/wiki/Rainer_Froese" target="_blank">/wiki/Rainer_Froese</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Bramidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 November 2020. <a href="/wiki/William_N._Eschmeyer" target="_blank">/wiki/William_N._Eschmeyer</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-04-16. <a href="https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=133669" target="_blank">https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=133669</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>