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Etymology: Porogadus: Greek, poros = porous + Latin, gadus = a fish, cod? (Ref. 45335); caboverdensis: Named for the deep water Cape Verde Basin (Cabo Verde in local Portuguese language), from
where this species so far is only recorded.
Umwelt: Milieu / Klimazone / Tiefenbereich / Verbreitungsgebiet
Ökologie
seewasser bathydemersal; tiefenbereich 4480 - 4630 m (Ref. 125143). Deep-water
Eastern Central Atlantic: Cape Verde.
Größe / Gewicht / Alter
Geschlechtsreife: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 33.0 cm SL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 125143)
Kurzbeschreibung
Bestimmungsschlüssel | Morphologie | Morphometrie
This species is distinguished by the following characters: precaudal vertebrae 17-18; first gill arch with long gill rakers, 13-14; HL:HD 1.8-2.0; all head spines are strong, present on ethmoidal, lacrimal, prefrontal, interorbital, supraorbital, sphenotic, fifth infraorbital, supratemporal, inner and outer posttemporal, inner preopercular rim, none along outer preopercular rim; opercular spine is sharp, strong, extruding; lower lateral line pores until beginning of anal fin 16-18; vomer with narrow dentition patch (1-3, rarely 4 rows of teeth); palatines with broad dentition patch (4-9 rows of teeth); otolith with single, uniform colliculum; OL:OH = 1.3-1.5 (1.05-1.2 in specimens less than 20.0 cm SL); OL:TCL = 2.1-2.45 (Ref. 125143).
Cross section: compressed.
A deep-water species that has only been caught below 4480 m in the Cape Verde Basin off northwestern Africa. It occurs with two other deep-water species, P.mendax and P. turgidus (Ref. 125143).
Lebenszyklus und Paarungsverhalten
Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fruchtbarkeit | Larven
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)
IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Bedrohung für Menschen
Harmless
Nutzung durch Menschen
Fischereien: nicht kommerziell
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Schätzungen auf der Grundlage von Modellen
Phylogenetischer Diversitätsindex (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00380 (0.00166 - 0.00868), b=3.14 (2.94 - 3.34), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Trophische Ebene (Ref. 69278) |
3.6 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref. 120179) |
mittel, Verdopplung der Population dauert 1,4 - 4,4 Jahre. (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Anfälligkeit der Fischerei (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate vulnerability (36 of 100). 🛈 |