Pogonophryne marmorata, Marbled plunderfish

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Pogonophryne marmorata Norman, 1938

Marbled plunderfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Notothenioidei (Icefishes) > Artedidraconidae (Barbled plunderfishes)
Etymology: Pogonophryne: Greek, pogon = beard + Greek, phrynos = toad (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Norman.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 140 - 1405 m. Polar; 60°S - 78°S

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Southern Ocean: East Antarctica (Ross Sea, Davis Sea, Queen Maud Land), South Shetland Islands and South Orkney Islands.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 21.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5181); max. published weight: 131.00 g (Ref. 124149)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Individuals over 10 cm SL feed primarily on mysids and to a lesser extent on isopods. Fish below 10 cm SL feed almost exclusively on gammaridean amphipods (Ref. 5181).

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Eakin, R.R., 1990. Artedidraconidae. p. 332-356. In O. Gon and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Fishes of the Southern Ocean. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa. (Ref. 5181)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): -1.7 - 0.9, mean -0.5 °C (based on 552 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00603 (0.00386 - 0.00941), b=3.25 (3.11 - 3.39), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.3   ±0.49 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (11 of 100).