Species: Porichthys pauciradiatus, Few-rayed toadfish, Fewrayed toadfish
Porichthys pauciradiatus Caldwell & Caldwell, 1963
Few-rayed toadfish
Body compressed, elongate; head a little flattened above, no tentacles; 1 strong solid, often spear-shaped spine on opercle, no subopercular spines; teeth like canines; 8-9 gill rakers; gill openings restricted to side, before pectoral fin base; dorsal rays II (solid) + 29-32; anal rays 27-30; pectoral fin 14-16 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.
Tan or silvery whitish with 7-8 brown saddles along upper body; dorsal fin with ~6 blotches along outer half; tail with dark border; front part of anal fin with dark margin; head & back not spotted.
Size: grows to at least 7.4 cm.
Inhabits soft bottoms.
Depth: 0-55 m.
Belize 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
- Sand & gravel
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- 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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- Data
- Benthic
- No pelagic larva
- No pelagic phase
- Global Endemism
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- West Atlantic Endemic
- All species.
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent only
- Extends South of GC
- All species..
- Also in Brazil
- GC non-endemic
- Continent
- 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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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 7.4
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 55
