Knifetail Pomfret
Taractes rubescens
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
Taractes rubescens, the pomfret, keeltail pomfret, knifetail pomfret or black pomfret, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a pomfret of the family Bramidae. T. rubescens is closely related, and quite similar, to Taractes asper, but adults can most easily be distinguished by the bony keel present on the caudal peduncle. In fact, this bony keel is unique to Taractes rubescens and will distinguish it from all other bramids.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Scombriformes
- Family
- Bramidae
- Genus
- Taractes