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Teleostei (teleosts) > Ophidiiformes (Cusk eels) > Ophidiidae (Cusk-eels) > Neobythitinae
Etymology: Porogadus: Greek, poros = porous + Latin, gadus = a fish, cod? (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Goode & Bean.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 1180 - 3500 m (Ref. 34024). Deep-water; 35°N - 12°S, 90°W - 8°E (Ref. 125143)

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Atlantic Ocean.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 22.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 125143)

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This species is distinguished by the following characters: precaudal vertebrae 16-17; first gill arch with long gill rakers 15-18; pectoral-fin rays 15-18; HL:HD 1.49-1.73; few and mostly weak head spines on ethmoidal, supraorbital, sphenotic, supratemporal, outer posttemporal, inner preopercular rim while absent on lacrimal, prefrontal, interorbital, 5th infraorbital, inner posttemporal, outer preopercular rim; opercular spine weak and flat; opercular flap small; lower lateral line pores until beginning of anal fin 15-17; narrow dentition patch on vomer with 1-2 rows of teeth while palatines with moderately broad dentition patch with 3–4 rows of teeth; otolith with single colliculum; OL:OH = 1.0–1.2; OL:TCL = 1.8 (Ref. 125143).

Uncommon species (Ref. 34024). Reproductive strategy possibly similar to other members of this family featuring oviparity, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass (Ref. 205).

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Schwarzhans, W.W. and P.R. Møller, 2021. Revision of the ‘dragon-head’ cusk eels of the genus Porogadus (Teleostei: Ophidiidae), with description of eight new species and one new genus. Zootaxa 5029(1):001-096. (Ref. 125143)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 11 October 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 2 - 4.3, mean 4.1 °C (based on 286 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.5 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (17 of 100).

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