Taractes is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes from the family Bramidae, the pomfrets.

Taractes can be distinguished from other bramid genera but having a flat, or slightly curved profile, between the eyes (unlike the definitive arched profile present in the other genera) and by having scales on both the dorsal and anal fins (unlike Pterycombus and Pteraclis which lack these scales).

Adult T. rubescens develop a dense, bony keel on the caudal peduncle that is thought to be composed of enlarged, fused scales, which are absent in T. asper.

T. rubescens has been documented in the Gulf of Mexico and the Eastern and Central Pacific Ocean.

[2] Despite being found across all seas, they remain difficult to collect and are quite uncommon.