Species: Taractichthys steindachneri, Pacific bigscale pomfret, Sickle pomfret

Taractichthys steindachneri (Döderlein in Steindachner and Döderlein, 1883)

Sickle pomfret,     Pacific bigscale pomfret

Head and body moderately compressed; body deep (depth 48-58% of SL); snout blunt; head profile curved; head arched and rounded between eyes; eyes large, more than ½ eye diameter below the nearest part of the upper head profile; mouth at front, strongly oblique; small curved canine teeth in bands on both jaws; dorsal fin 33-37, anal fin 26-28; dorsal and anal fins low, with large curved, pointed lobes at front; tail deeply concave; tail base without a keel, but with a well developed transverse groove before tail fin; pectoral low on body, long, reaches well past front lobe of anal fin; pelvics small (length 7-9% of SL), inserted just before pectoral base; scales large (34-38), about 5 rows along the flank are ridged; dorsal & anal fins scaly, no scaly sheath along base of those fins;  adults without lateral line.