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Pogonophryne maculiventrata Spodareva & Balushkin, 2014

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Notothenioidei (Icefishes) > Artedidraconidae (Barbled plunderfishes)
Etymology: Pogonophryne: Greek, pogon = beard + Greek, phrynos = toad (Ref. 45335); maculiventrata: Name from Latin words 'macula' for spot and 'venter' for belly; referring to its spotted belly.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 360 m (Ref. 96821). Polar

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Antarctic Atlantic: Antarctica, Bransfield Strait.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 16.4 cm SL (female)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 30; Anal soft rays: 17; Vertebrae: 38. This species belongs to the 'marmorata' group of the genus Pogonophryne is distinguished by the following characters: spotted thorax and belly; unusual caudal fin colouration with central area divided into 2 parts by light transverse streak, upper proximal and smaller distal parts, and upper edge and tips of rays at the bottom of caudal fin light; esca bearing no cylinder like folds in the form of cerebral surface, well-developed post temporal ridges, mental barbel equals 25.5% of HL, length of esca 48.3% TL of the length of barbel (Ref. 96821).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

The female specimen collected has eggs in the ovaries which have reached 1.2 mm in diameter (Ref. 96821).

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Spodareva, V.V. and A.V. Balushkin, 2014. Description of a new species of plunderfish of genus Pogonophryne (Perciformes: Artedidraconidae) from the Bransfield Strait (Antarctica) wit a key for the identification of species of the group "marmorata". J. Ichthyol. 54(1):1-6. (Ref. 96821)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = No PD50 data   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00501 (0.00240 - 0.01046), b=3.13 (2.94 - 3.32), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.3   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).