Species: Porichthys oculofrenum, Ocelated toadfish


Porichthys oculofrenum Gilbert, 1968
Ocelated toadfish
Body compressed, elongate; head a little flattened above, no tentacles; 1 strong solid spine on opercle, no subopercular spines; teeth like canines; 12-13 gill rakers; gill openings restricted to side, before pectoral fin base; dorsal rays II (solid) + 29-32; anal rays 27-30; pectoral fin 16-17 rays; discrete glands on inner surface of pectoral between upper fin rays, no pore behind pectoral fin base; four lateral lines with conspicuous rows of light organs; row of light organs behind chin row form a V shape; no scales.
About 6 dark blotches forming saddles along upper body in large fish, these extending onto dorsal fin; numerous small dark spots and worm-like marks on upper head and front of back; tail fin with a dark bar on its base; dorsal and anal fins with dark margins; a dark ocellus at upper tip of pectoral fin.
Size: grows to at least 11 cm.
Inhabits soft bottoms.
Depth: 57-62 m.
Venezuela to Brazil.

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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Soft bottom only
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Mud
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- Bony fishes
- Data
- Egg Type
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- Benthic
- No pelagic larva
- No pelagic phase
- Data
- Global Endemism
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- West Atlantic Endemic
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- All species.
- Regional Endemism
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- Extends South of GC
- Also in Brazil
- Continent
- All species..
- GC non-endemic
- Continent only
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- IUCN Red List
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- Data deficient
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Depth Range Max
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- 62
- Depth Range Min
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- 57
- Length Max
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- 11