પાપલેટ માછલી are perciform fishes belonging to the family Bramidae.

Pomfret
Atlantic Pomfret, Brama brama
વૈજ્ઞાનિક વર્ગીકરણ
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Bramidae
Genera

Brama
Collybus
Eumegistus
Pteraclis
Pterycombus
Taractes
Taractichthys
Xenobrama
See text for species.

તે ખાસ કરીને એટલેન્ટીક મહાસાગર, હિંદ મહાસાગર, અને પેસેફિક મહાસાગરમાં મળી આવે છે., and the largest species, the Atlantic pomfret, Brama brama, grows up to 1 metre (3.3 ft) long.

તેની કેટલીક જાતો ખોરાક માટે જાણીતી છે,ખાસ કરીને "બ્રામા બ્રામા" દક્ષીણ એશીયામાં. 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).

It is known by various names, such as Paaplet/Saranga/Pamphlet in Marathi, Vavval in Tamil, Maanji in Tulu and Avoli in Malayalam.

 
Fried pomfret, Chinese style

There are about twenty species in eight genera: