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Etymology: Porogadus: Greek, poros = porous + Latin, gadus = a fish, cod? (Ref. 45335); lacrimatus: Name from Latin 'lacrima' meaning 'tear', referring to the tear-drop shape of the otolith..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino batidemersale; distribuzione batimetrica 1600 - 2340 m (Ref. 125143). Tropical
Western Pacific: Solomon and Vanuatu.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.4 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 125143)
Short description
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
This species is distinguished by the following characters: precaudal vertebrae 16; first gill arch with long gill rakers 18-20; HL:HD 1.52-1.59; moderately strong head spines: on ethmoidal, prefrontal, interorbital, supraorbital, sphenotic, supratemporal, inner and outer
posttemporal, while weak along inner preopercular rim, on lacrimal with ridge, and absent on outer preopercular rim and 5th infraorbital; opercular spine sharp and extruding; maxilla no scales; small opercular flap; lower lateral line pores until beginning of anal fin 18; vomer with narrow dentition patch, few teeth; palatines with moderately broad dentition patch (3-4 rows of teeth); otolith with single colliculum; OL:OH = 1.44; OL:TCL = 2.37 (Ref. 125143).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve
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)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [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
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (15 of 100).