Porogadus miles

Porogadus miles, Slender Brotula. Source: Goode & Bean 1896.
Porogadus miles, Slender Brotula. Source: Goode & Bean 1896.
FamilyScientific NameAuthorYearCommon Name
OphididaePorogadus milesGoode & Bean1896Slender Brotula

Porogadus miles

Unique Charactristics: Body long and slender; depth at anus more than 10 times in standard length. Prominent mucous cavities beneath orbital region and on posterior margin of preopercle. Opercular spine flat and weak. Lateral line represented by 3 rows of circular organs and by a row of easily shed modified scales. Lateral-line scales to level of anus 40 or more. Spines on top and sides of head well developed (FAO) 1999).

Porogadus miles, Slender Brotula. Source: FAO 1999.
Porogadus miles, Slender Brotula. Source: FAO 1999.

Similar Species: None

References:

(FAO 1999). Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D. F. Markle, and C.R. Robins. 1999. FAO species catalogue. Volume 18. Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis. No. 125, Vol. 18. Rome, FAO. 1999. 178 pp., 136 figs.

Goode, G.B. and T. H. Bean. 1896. Oceanic ichthyology. A treatise on the deep-sea and pelagic fishes of the world, based chiefly upon the collections made by the Steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the northwestern Atlantic, with an atlas containing 417 figures. Special Bulletin. Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Washington, DC. 927 pp.