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Etymology: Porogadus: Greek, poros = porous + Latin, gadus = a fish, cod? (Ref. 45335); mendax: Name from Latin 'mendax' meaning liar, narrator, referring to its close similarity to the common P. miles, which, however, does not seem to occur over 4000 meters.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin bathydémersal; profondeur 4435 - 4610 m (Ref. 125143). Deep-water
Northeastern Atlantic: Cape Verde and adjacent Canary Basins.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 29.0 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 125143)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
This species is distinguished by the following characters: precaudal vertebrae 18; first gill arch with long gill rakers 13-14; HL:HD 1.89-1.92; all head spines are strong, present on ethmoidal, lacrimal, prefrontal, interorbital, supraorbital, sphenotic, 5th infraorbital, supratemporal, inner and outer posttemporal, inner and outer preopercular rims; opercular spine sharp, strong, extruding; additional (3rd) postorbital pore, many cavities and/or pores on top of head; maxilla no scales; large opercular flap with ridges; lower lateral line pores extend until beginning of anal fin 22-23; vomer with broad dentition patch (5-7 rows of teeth); palatines with broad dentition patch (9 rows of teeth); otolith with single, uniform colliculum; OL:OH = 1.85-2.05; OL:TCL = 2.15-2.3 (Ref. 125143).
Cross section: compressed.
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
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)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: sans intérêt
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00380 (0.00165 - 0.00876), b=3.14 (2.93 - 3.35), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 3.6 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (25 of 100).
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