Description

Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 31 - 32; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 26 - 27; Vertebrae: 36 - 38.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Scombriformes

Family: Bramidae

Genus: Brama

Species: Brama caribbea Mead, 1972

Climate Zone

Location

• Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea (Ref. 47377). Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. Three juvenile specimens were caught off West Africa, but the correspondence of these specimens with the Caribbean samples is uncertain (Ref. 4936).

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

oceanic

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless