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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobionellinae
Etymology: Pomatoschistus: Greek, poma, -atos = cover, operculum + Greek, schistos = divided (Ref. 45335).

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Marine; demersal; depth range 18 - 325 m (Ref. 35388). Temperate; 71°N - 35°N, 11°W - 25°E

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Eastern Atlantic: Lofoten to western English Channel (Ref. 4696). Rare in the Mediterranean.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 35388)

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Distinguished by the following characteristics: dark spot in rear end of first dorsal fin. Scales on the back of first dorsal fin, no scales on breast (Ref. 35388); fins: Dl VI, D2 1/8 - 9 (8: 1, 9:4), A 1/9, P 16 - 17 (16: 1,17: 4), C 15 principle rays (12 branched rays), V I/5+5/I; scales: abraded, breast naked (no scale pockets); narrow attachment of the branchiostegal membrane on the isthmus; lateral line system: anterior section of row i and supralabial section of row d in single series; longitudinal suborbital row b anteriorly ending below anterior third to half of eye; suborbital transversal rows c2 and c4 penetrating through longitudinal row d, last row c passing row d; male specimen shows the characteristic colouration with a black spot in the rear of Dl and 11 dark vertical striae on the sides, pigmented breast and ventral disc (Ref. 86376).

Found offshore on mud and coarse shell deposits (Ref. 4696). Can hybridize with Pomatoschistus lozanoi (Ref. 35388).

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Miller, P.J., 1986. Gobiidae. p. 1019-1085. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Volume 3. UNESCO, Paris. (Ref. 4696)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 12 March 2014

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 6.8 - 11.4, mean 8.6 °C (based on 382 cells).

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

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00724 (0.00373 - 0.01406), b=3.03 (2.87 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.3 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assuming fec < 10,000).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 112 [60, 287] mg/100g; Iron = 0.56 [0.26, 1.17] mg/100g; Protein = 17.8 [15.8, 19.5] %; Omega3 = 0.837 [0.358, 1.730] g/100g; Selenium = 12 [6, 30] μg/100g; VitaminA = 23.8 [5.6, 95.8] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.953 [0.620, 1.475] mg/100g (wet weight);

Pomatoschistus norvegicus (Collett, 1902)