Brama brama (Bonnaterre, 1788)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: order
Perciformes: family
Bramidae: genus
Brama: species
Brama brama

Name

Synonyms: Brama chilensis Guichenot, 1848; Brama marina Fleming, 1828; Brama pinnasquamata Couch, 1849; Brama raji Bloch & Schneider, 1801; Brama squamosa (Hutton, 1875); Chaetodon umbratus Cabrera, Pérez & Haenseler, 1857; Lepidotus catalonicus Asso, 1801; Lepidotus chilensis (Guichenot, 1848); Lepodus saragus Rafinesque, 1810; Lepodus squamosus (Hutton, 1875); Sparus brama Bonnaterre, 1788; Sparus castaneola Lacepède, 1802; Sparus dentatus Berkenhout, 1789; Sparus johnsoni Walbaum; Sparus niger Montagu, 1804; Sparus niger Turton, 1804; Sparus raji (Bloch & Schneider, 1801); Toxotes squamosus Hutton, 1875
Homonyms: Brama brama (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Common names: Almindelig havbrasen in Danish; Angel in English; Angel Fish in English; Angel fish in English; Atlantic pomfret in English; Atlantic pomfret in English; Atlantic pomfret in English; Atlantic pomfret, Ray's Bream in English; Black Sea Bream in English; Black sea bream in English; Braam in Dutch; Brachsenmakrele in German; Brachsenmakrele in German; Brachsenmakrele in German; Brama in Polish; Bramafiskur in Icelandic; Braschenmakrele in German; Brème de Mer in French; Bulleye in English; Castagnole, Rondanin in French; Castañeta in Spanish; Castañola in Spanish; Casteñeta in Spanish; Catagnole in French; Catagnole, Rondanin in French; Cawlun in Maltese; Common Pomfret in English; Grande castagnole in French; Grande castagnole in French; Grboglavka in Croatian; Grboglavka in Serbian; Havbrase in Norwegian; Havbrasen in Danish; Havbrasen in Danish; Havbrasme in Norwegian; Havsbraxen in Swedish; Japuta in Spanish; Joputa in Spanish; Kostanjevka in Slovenian; Lestia in English; Lestia in English; Merfogiaid Môr in Welsh; Merilahna in Finnish; Palometa Negra in Spanish; Palometa negra in Spanish; Pesce castagna in Italian; Pixxiluna in Maltese; Pixxiluna in Maltese; Plotica morska in Serbian; Ray's Sea bream in English

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