Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Scombriformes > Family Bramidae > Genus Pterycombus

Pterycombus brama Fries, 1837

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pterycombus*	Fries, 1837	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: sølvbrasen sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: Atlantic fanfish; silver pomfret sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: sølvbrasme sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: sølvbrasme sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: fengömmare sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: merfog arian

Literature

original description	Fries, B.F. (1837). Pterycombus, ett nytt fisk-slägte från Ishafvet. Kongliga Vetenskaps-Academiens Handlingar, Stockholm. Series 3, v. 25: 14-22, Pl. 2. [Also in Arch. Nat. (5 Jahrg.) pt. 1:19-26.].
basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A): 1-37
additional source	Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. No. 219. 731 pp.
additional source	McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Fries, B.F. (1837). Pterycombus, ett nytt fisk-slägte från Ishafvet. Kongliga Vetenskaps-Academiens Handlingar, Stockholm. Series 3, v. 25: 14-22, Pl. 2. [Also in Arch. Nat. (5 Jahrg.) pt. 1:19-26.].
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase images (Pterycombus brama, Cape Verde, by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP)
FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Pterycombus brama Fries, 1837. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126785