Scientific Name	Taractes rubescens   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Jordan & Evermann, 1887)	Depth	0 - 400M
Chinese	紅稜魴	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	烏魴科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F367　Bramidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	紅稜魴
Max Length	80 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	深海三角仔、黑飛刀、黑皮刀
Distribution in World	global	Distribution in Taiwan	East、North
Habitats	Ocean、Deep Sea	Holotype Locality	Florida, U.S.A.
Synonyms	Steinegeria rubescens, Tractes rubescenes
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Jordan, D. S. etc. 1887 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	NMMBP04086. NMMSTP00687.
Common Name	Pomfret; Dark pomfret; Black pomfret
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body elongate, compressed; dorsal contour of head almost straight. Large keeled scales along lateral mid-line of caudal peduncle. Snout short. Mouth oblique, upper jaw extending to a vertical through center of eye, upper jaw extending to a vertical through anterior margin 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 8 to 10. Anterior portion of dorsal and anal fins a little elongated in adults, but very long in juveniles; dorsal-fin rays 30-32; anal-fin rays 21-23; caudal fin forked. Scaleless areas above and behind the eyes; lateral scales 42-43 + 3-5(large scales of caudal peduncle). Vertebrae 39-41. Body color dark-brown to black.
habitats	Occurs from shallow water to 400 m depth.
Distribution	Pacific and Atlantic: widely distributed in tropical waters. Eastern Central Pacific: Costa Rica to Peru. Eastern Atlantic: off west Africa. Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico, Trinidad. Not known from the Indian Ocean. It is found in eastern and northern T
Utility	A good quality foodfish. Marketed mainly fresh.