WoRMS taxon details
Taractes asper Lowe, 1843
126786 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126786)
accepted
Species
Brama raschii Esmark, 1862 · unaccepted
Taractes platycephalus Matsubara, 1936 · unaccepted
Taractes raschii (Esmark, 1862) · unaccepted
Trachyberyx barretoi Roule, 1929 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lowe, R.T. (1843). Notices of fishes newly observed or discovered in Madeira during the years 1840, 1841, and 1842. <em>Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.</em> (pt 11): 81-95. [details]
Distribution all oceans
Distribution all oceans [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Taractes asper Lowe, 1843. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126786 on 2025-04-21
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Nomenclature
original description
Lowe, R.T. (1843). Notices of fishes newly observed or discovered in Madeira during the years 1840, 1841, and 1842. <em>Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.</em> (pt 11): 81-95. [details]
original description (of Brama raschii Esmark, 1862) Esmark, L. (1862). Beskrivelse over en ny Fiskeart, Brama Raschii Esm. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania.</em> (for 1861): 238-247, 1 pl. [details]
original description (of Taractes platycephalus Matsubara, 1936) Matsubara, K. (1936). A new bramid fish found in Japan. <em>Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Scientific Fisheries.</em> v. 4 (no. 5): 297-300. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Brama raschii Esmark, 1862) Esmark, L. (1862). Beskrivelse over en ny Fiskeart, Brama Raschii Esm. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania.</em> (for 1861): 238-247, 1 pl. [details]
original description (of Taractes platycephalus Matsubara, 1936) Matsubara, K. (1936). A new bramid fish found in Japan. <em>Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Scientific Fisheries.</em> v. 4 (no. 5): 297-300. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]





Unreviewed
Distribution all oceans [details]Habitat Occurs offshore in warm and temperate waters. [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Reproduction May spawn widely in the subtropics [details]
Language | Name | |
---|---|---|
English | rough pomfret | [details] |
French | castagnole rugueuse | [details] |
Japanese | マンザイウオ | [details] |
Norwegian Bokmål | høyfinnet havbrasme | [details] |
Norwegian Nynorsk | høgfinna havbrasme | [details] |
Russian | Малый колючий морской лещ | [details] |
Welsh | merfog garw | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Taractes platycephalus Matsubara, 1936)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Trachyberyx barretoi Roule, 1929)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Brama raschii Esmark, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Taractes asper)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Taractes platycephalus Matsubara, 1936)
To FishBase (from synonym Taractes raschii (Esmark, 1862))
To FishBase (from synonym Trachyberyx barretoi Roule, 1929)
To FishBase (from synonym Brama raschii Esmark, 1862)
To FishBase images (Taractes asper, by JIMAR/NMFS - Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 39 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Taractes platycephalus Matsubara, 1936)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Trachyberyx barretoi Roule, 1929)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Brama raschii Esmark, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Taractes asper)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Taractes platycephalus Matsubara, 1936)
To FishBase (from synonym Taractes raschii (Esmark, 1862))
To FishBase (from synonym Trachyberyx barretoi Roule, 1929)
To FishBase (from synonym Brama raschii Esmark, 1862)
To FishBase images (Taractes asper, by JIMAR/NMFS - Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 39 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS