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Bramidae

Bramidae

9.9
A family of deep-bodied ocean fish like pomfrets
  • noun
  • Specialized
: Bramidae
  • Members of the Bramidae family, commonly called pomfrets, have deep, laterally compressed bodies.

Examples

  • The Bramidae family includes various species of pomfrets.

  • The Bramidae are distributed worldwide in tropical and temperate oceans.

  • Researchers discovered a new species belonging to the Bramidae off the coast of Japan.

  • Have you ever seen a Bramidae fish in the ocean?

  • Members of the Bramidae family, commonly called pomfrets, have deep, laterally compressed bodies.

  • Researchers discovered a new species belonging to the Bramidae off the coast of Japan.

  • The Bramidae are distributed worldwide in tropical and temperate oceans.

Synonyms

pomfret
vsBramidae
1 9.9

A sea fish with a deep, round body that people often eat

is a broader taxonomic group containing multiple related species

Surface Forms

Bramidae singular
Bramidaes plural

Morphology

Bramidae = Brama (opaque) = Brama + idae

The suffix '-idae' is a specialized New Latin taxonomic ending (family), not a productive English suffix learners can use to infer meaning.

Etymology

Bramidae comes from the fish name Brama plus the scientific ending -idae, which means 'family' in animal names. So, Bramidae simply means the 'Brama family' of fish — the group we call pomfrets.