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Artedidraconidae (Barbled plunderfishes)
Etymology: Pogonophryne: Greek, pogon = beard + Greek, phrynos = toad (Ref. 45335); pavlovi: Named for Dmitry Sergeevich Pavlov, Russian ichthyologist, for his 75th birth anniversary.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 1422 - 1623 m (Ref. 94147). Polar
Antarctic Pacific: Antarctica, Ross Sea.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 94147)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 27 - 28; Anal soft rays: 18. This species is distinguished from its congeners belonging in the albipinna group by the following set of characters: mental barbel with a long (61.2-65.2% of barbel length) terminal expansion composed of densely packed, brain-like convolutions; fins dark basally, light distally; dorsal lateral pores (tubular scales) 26-28; gill rakers on first gill arch 19 (Ref. .94147).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: angular.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Balushkin, A.V., 2013. A new species of Pogonophryne (Perciformes: Notothenioidei: Artedidraconidae) from the deep Ross Sea, Antarctica. Proc. Zool. Inst. Rus. Acad. Sci. 317(2):119-124. (Ref. 94147)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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