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Artedidraconidae (Barbled plunderfishes)
Etymology: Pogonophryne: Greek, pogon = beard + Greek, phrynos = toad (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Richard Reynolds Eakin was a biologist at the Department of Life Sciences, University of New England, Maine. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 80 - 247 m (Ref. 34192). Deep-water
Southern Ocean: Antarctica, Davis Sea.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 19.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 34192); 17.7 cm SL (female)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Balushkin, A.V., 1999. Pagonophryne eakini sp. nova (Artedidraconidae, Notothenioidei, Perciformes): a new species of plunderfish from the Antartica. J. Ichthyol. 39(9):799-802. (Ref. 34192)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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