Species: Brama dussumieri, Lesser Bream, Lowfin Pomfret

Brama dussumieri Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831

Lowfin Pomfret, Lesser Bream

Head and body compressed, an elongate oval tapering to slender tail base; body relatively deep (depth 51-58% of SL); head profile convex; snout short, bluntly rounded; between eyes strongly rounded; mouth opens at front, strongly oblique, lower jaw projecting, the rear of the top jaw wide, exposed and covered with scales; lower jaws meet along entire centerline underneath head; 13-15 gill rakers; the single dorsal and anal fins have long bases, similar shapes and sizes, I-III spines; dorsal originates over pectoral base, low with distinct lobe at front; anal low, without front lobe; dorsal 33-35 (usually 34) rays; anal 26-28 (usually 27) rays; pectoral usually 20 low on body, long, reaches to ~ middle of anal fin; pelvics small, but >25% of SL, inserted low on flank, under rear of pectoral base; tail base, without transverse groove before tail fin; tail deeply concave; scales small, cover body, nape, cheeks, operculum, and top jaw; dorsal & anal fins scaly; 57-65 scales along side; scales on tail base and tail fin intergrade smoothly in size; no keel of scales along belly.

Dark grey, with metallic reflections; dorsal and tail dark, latter with pale margin; anal, pectoral and pelvic clear.

Size: 19 cm.

Habitat: oceanic pelagic.

Depth: 0-400 m.

Circumtropical; N Carolina to Venezuela.