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Artedidraconidae (Barbled plunderfishes)
Etymology: Pogonophryne: Greek, pogon = beard + Greek, phrynos = toad (Ref. 45335); orangiensis: Named for its natural orange coloration of the chin barbel.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 420 - 670 m. Deep-water
Southern Ocean: Antarctica, Weddell Sea.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 16.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. )
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Eakin, R.R. and A.V. Balushkin, 1998. A new species of toadlike plunderfish Pogonophryne orangienisis sp. nova (Artedidraconidae, Notothenioidei) from the Weddell Sea, Antarctica. J. Ichthyol. 38(9):800-803. (Ref. 30484)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): -1.5 - 0.6, mean -0.4 °C (based on 12 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [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): 3.3 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).