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Plotosidae (Eeltail catfishes)
Etymology: Porochilus: Greek, poros = porous + Greek, cheilos =lip (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Joan François Obbes (1869–1963) was a Dutch artist. He did the illustrations in Weber’s monograph in which the original description of these species was published. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Weber.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; acqua dolce demersale. Tropical; 4°S - 9°S
Asia and Oceania: central-southern New Guinea and northern Australia.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 5259); common length : 8.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 5259)
Spine dorsali (totale) : 1; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 4 - 5; Raggi anali molli: 78 - 92.
Lives in slow-flowing streams, backwaters, swamps and lily lagoons, usually among aquatic weeds such as eel grass (Ref. 5259, 44894). Also found in lakes (Ref. 2847). Feeds on insects, prawns and mollusks (Ref. 5259, 44894).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Allen, G.R., 1989. Freshwater fishes of Australia. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey. (Ref. 5259)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00468 (0.00209 - 0.01049), b=3.06 (2.86 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.47 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).