WoRMS taxon details
Pogonophryne marmorata Norman, 1938
234730 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234730)
accepted
Species
Pogonophryne marmoratus Norman, 1938 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Pogonophryne minor Balushkin & Spodareva, 2013 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Norman, J. R. (1938). Coast fishes. Part III. The Antarctic zone. <em>Discovery Reports.</em> 18: 1-105, Pl. 1. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Pogonophryne marmorata Norman, 1938. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234730 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Norman, J. R. (1938). Coast fishes. Part III. The Antarctic zone. <em>Discovery Reports.</em> 18: 1-105, Pl. 1. [details]
original description (of Pogonophryne marmoratus Norman, 1938) Norman, J. R. (1938). Coast fishes. Part III. The Antarctic zone. <em>Discovery Reports.</em> 18: 1-105, Pl. 1. [details]
original description (of Pogonophryne minor Balushkin & Spodareva, 2013) Balushkin, A. V.; Spodareva, V. V. (2013). Dwarf toad plunderfish Pogonophryne minor sp. n. (Artedidraconidae; Nototheniodei; Perciformes)—a new species and one of the smallest species of autochthonous ichthyofauna of marginal seas of the Antarctic continent. <em>Journal of Ichthyology.</em> 53(1): 1-6., available online at https://doi.org/10.1134/s0032945213010025 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Pogonophryne marmoratus Norman, 1938) Norman, J. R. (1938). Coast fishes. Part III. The Antarctic zone. <em>Discovery Reports.</em> 18: 1-105, Pl. 1. [details]
original description (of Pogonophryne minor Balushkin & Spodareva, 2013) Balushkin, A. V.; Spodareva, V. V. (2013). Dwarf toad plunderfish Pogonophryne minor sp. n. (Artedidraconidae; Nototheniodei; Perciformes)—a new species and one of the smallest species of autochthonous ichthyofauna of marginal seas of the Antarctic continent. <em>Journal of Ichthyology.</em> 53(1): 1-6., available online at https://doi.org/10.1134/s0032945213010025 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Koubbi, P., G. Duhamel & S. Pavoine. (2006). The SCAR-MarBIN Register of Antarctic Marine Species: Pisces. <em>World Wide Web electronic publication.</em> , available online at https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/ramspisces.php [details]
additional source Duhamel G, Gasco N and Davaine P, 2005. Poissons des Iles Kerguelen et Crozet. Paris : Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 2005. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Koubbi, P., G. Duhamel & S. Pavoine. (2006). The SCAR-MarBIN Register of Antarctic Marine Species: Pisces. <em>World Wide Web electronic publication.</em> , available online at https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/ramspisces.php [details]
additional source Duhamel G, Gasco N and Davaine P, 2005. Poissons des Iles Kerguelen et Crozet. Paris : Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 2005. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | marbled plunderfish | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pogonophryne marmoratus Norman, 1938)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pogonophryne marmorata)
To FishBase (from synonym Pogonophryne marmoratus Norman, 1938)
To FishBase
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Pogonophryne marmoratus Norman, 1938)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pogonophryne marmoratus Norman, 1938)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pogonophryne marmorata)
To FishBase (from synonym Pogonophryne marmoratus Norman, 1938)
To FishBase
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Pogonophryne marmoratus Norman, 1938)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS