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Ophidiidae (Cusk-eels) > Neobythitinae
Etymology: Porogadus: Greek, poros = porous + Latin, gadus = a fish, cod? (Ref. 45335); guentheri: Named for Dr. Albert Günther..
More on authors: Jordan & Fowler.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologie
marien bathydemersaal; diepte 805 - 1530 m (Ref. 34024). Deep-water
Northwest Pacific: Japan and the East China Sea.
Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 21.0 cm SL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 559)
Korte beschrijving
Morfologie | Morfometrie
This species is distinguished by the following characters: precaudal vertebrae 16-17; first gill arch with long gill rakers 18-21, broad, bladed; HL:HD 1.71-1.79; most head spines are strong: on ethmoidal, prefrontal, interorbital, supraorbital, sphenotic, supratemporal, inner and outer posttemporal, inner preopercular rim, lacrimal with ridge, and weak on outer preopercular rim, absent on 5th infraorbital; opercular spine is sharp, extruding; maxilla with single row of scales along upper margin in front of supramaxilla; the large opercular flap with ridges; lower lateral line pores until beginning of anal fin 16; narrow dentition patch on vomer with few or 1-2 (rarely 3) rows of teeth; palatines with moderately broad dentition patch (3-6 rows of teeth); otolith with single colliculum but indentation at ventral margin and rarely separate colliculi; OL:OH = 1.45-1.64; OL:TCL = 1.87-2.52 (Ref. 125143).
A benthopelagic species at bathyal depth (Ref. 56809). Uncommon species (Ref. 34024). Oviparous, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass (Ref. 205).
Levenscyclus en paargedrag
Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven
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)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Gevaar voor de mens
Harmless
Gebruik door de mens
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