Species group · Bony fish
WAnimals has 2 species of pomfret or butterfish, spread across 2 families (Bramidae, Stromateidae).
Ranges calculated from the profiles that record the figure, not from all 2.
Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.
Recorded in 11 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
It is a highly migratory species that covers enormous distances following masses of temperate water.
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In South Africa, where it turns up as bycatch in the hake fishery, it is sold as angelfish, although it is unrelated to the true angelfishes.
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The juveniles live beneath the umbrella of large jellyfish, sheltered among their stinging tentacles, and feed in part on the very jellyfish that shelters them.
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It has no pelvic fins whatsoever, an uncommon trait that gives it its silhouette of a silver disc.
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The juveniles shelter beneath the bells of jellyfish, which serve them as a mobile hiding place from predators.
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