Black pomfret

Parastromateus niger

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth42–82 m
Water temperature23–30 °C
Best monthsJune, July, and October
How commonCommon

About this species

The black pomfret is a species of carangid native to reefs of the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean. This species is very important to local fisheries and is the only known member of its genus. It is not a true pomfret, being a species of jackfish, instead.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Black pomfret”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 306 records
February: 46 records
March: 146 records
April: 335 records
May: 283 records
June: 547 records
July: 400 records
August: 369 records
September: 343 records
October: 490 records
November: 358 records
December: 269 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 42–82 m · Deepest record: 164 m

0–10 m: 192 records
10–20 m: 15 records
20–30 m: 9 records
30–40 m: 49 records
40–50 m: 533 records
50–60 m: 808 records
60–70 m: 874 records
70–80 m: 682 records
80–90 m: 440 records
90–100 m: 102 records
100–110 m: 37 records
110+ m: 80 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C

22–24 °C: 3 records
24–26 °C: 17 records
26–28 °C: 621 records
28–30 °C: 39 records

Names and classification

English: Black pomfret, Black Batfish, black pomfret, Blue Skate, Butterfish, Halibut, Slade, Turbot

Names in 7 more languages

Spanish: Palometa Negra
French: Castagnoline noire
Indonesian: Bawal Hitam
Japanese: Kuroajimodoki, クロアジモドキ
Korean: 병치매가리
Thai: ปลาจะละเม็ดดำ
Simplified Chinese: 烏鯧, 烏鰺

Other scientific names: Apolectus niger, Citula halli, Formio niger, Pampus niger, Parastromaeus niger, Stromateus niger, Temnodon inornatus

Similar species

Giant trevally
Caranx ignobilis
Bluefin trevally
Caranx melampygus
Bigeye trevally
Caranx sexfasciatus
Mackerel scad
Decapterus macarellus
Indian scad
Decapterus russelli
Rainbow runner
Elagatis bipinnulata

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
4,939 open-data records from 1795 to 2018.

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