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The earlier form of the pomfret's name was "pamflet", a word which probably ultimately comes from Portuguese pampo, referring to various fish such as the blue butterfish (Stromateus fiatola). The fish meat is white in color.
The black pomfret has a slight 'fishy' flavour, is slightly oily and has few bones. It is recommended for cooking to be steamed, poached, deep fried, pan fried, grilled, smoked, barbecued, pickled or served raw. [15] The black pomfret is a highly sought after fish in Asia, where 74,607 tonnes of Black Pomfret were caught in 2016. [16]
Taractes rubescens, the pomfret, keeltail pomfret, knifetail pomfret or black pomfret, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a pomfret of the family Bramidae. T. rubescens is closely related, and quite similar, to Taractes asper, but adults can most easily be distinguished by the bony keel present on the caudal peduncle. [3]
The big-scale pomfret (Taractichthys longipinnis) also known as the long-finned bream, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a pomfret of the family Bramidae. It is found in the Atlantic ocean, at depths down to 500 metres (1,600 ft). This species is widely distributed in the Pacific, from temperate zones throughout the tropics.
Pomfret Castle or Pontefract Castle, prison of Richard II, now a ruin Pomfret Stakes , a horse race run at Pontefract Pontefract cake or Pomfret cakes, a small, roughly circular black sweet, made of liquorice
Pampus argenteus, the silver pomfret or white pomfret (or pompano to avoid confusion with true pomfrets of the genus Bramidae), is a species of butterfish that lives in the Indo-West Pacific, spanning the coastal waters of the Middle East, Eastern Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia. [2]
Brama dussumieri, the lesser bream or lowfin pomfret, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a pomfret of the family Bramidae. It is found in warm seas around the world. The specific name honours the French explorer and trader Jean-Jacques Dussumier (1792-1883).
Eumegistus brevorti (Poey, 1860) (Tropical pomfret) Eumegistus illustris D. S. Jordan & E. K. Jordan, 1922 (Brilliant pomfret) References