Scientific Name	Taractichthys steindachneri   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Döderlein, 1883)	Depth	50 - 360M
Chinese	斯氏長鰭烏魴	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	烏魴科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F367　Bramidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	斯氏長鰭烏魴
Max Length	60 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	深海三角仔、黑飛刀、黑皮刀、三角仔(臺東)、大鱗烏鯧(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、North
Habitats	Ocean、Deep Sea	Holotype Locality	Japan
Synonyms	Argo steindachneri, Taractes longipinnis, Taractes miltonis, Taractes steindachneri, Taratichthys steindachneri, Teractichthys steindachneri, Tractichthys steindachneri
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Steindachner, F. etc. 1883 Garayzar, C.J.V. etc. 1986 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0054627. ASIZP0066971. ASIZP0070811. ASIZP0804804. ASIZP0914804. FRIP21608. ZMUCP461233-*.
Common Name	Pomfret; Sickle pomfret
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body very deep, very compressed; dorsal contour of head distinctly convex. Snout blunt and short. Mouth nearly vertical, upper jaw extending to a vertical through anterior of eye. Teeth sharp, conical, sparsely arranged in a band on each jaw; palatine and vomerine teeth small and sometimes absent. Total gill rakers in first gill arch 17. Anterior lobes of dorsal and anal fins high, but changing in shape and height with growth; both fins covered with scales, not depressible in a groove, dorsal-fin rays 33-37; anal-fin rays 26-28; origin of pelvic fin before upper end of pectoral-fin base; caudal fin deeply emarginate. Scales large, wide and cycloid; on body and head spineless, scaleless areas above and behind the eye; lateral scales 34-38. Vertebrae 44-46. Body color dark-brown to black.
habitats	Occurs along the shelf edge. Highly migratory species.
Distribution	Distributed in the Indo-Pacific and Eastern Central Pacific from East Africa to California, USA. It is found in eastern and northern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	A good quality foodfish. Marketed mainly fresh.