Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 33; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 27; Vertebrae: 40. This description is base on a 4.9 cm SL specimen caught near Ogasawara Islands, Japan. Body strongly compressed. Pectoral fin situated relatively high on body. Posterior margin of preoperculum serrated.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Scombriformes

Family: Bramidae

Genus: Brama

Species: Brama myersi Mead, 1972

Climate Zone

Location

• Western Pacific (Ref. 559). Reported from the Hawaiian Islands (Ref. 58302).

Biology

Known only from young and juvenile specimens.

Habitat

oceanic

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless