Aphos porosus

(Valenciennes, 1837) · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Batrachoidiformes/Batrachoididae/Aphos

At a glance

Occurrence records1 185

Data sources9

Biological traits6

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections3

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Aphos porosus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 114 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System71 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page5 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources6 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS1 185 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries3 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

The banded toadfish (Aphos porosus) is a species of toadfish found along the Pacific coast of South America where it is found in Chile, Ecuador and Peru. This species grows to a length of 28 cm TL. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Aphos. Unlike the other genus, Porichthys in this subfamily the banded toadfish lacks photophores.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesFishBase

Size & morphology2

Body length28 cm

Body mass265 g

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonedemersal

Other traits2

Depth max200 m

Vulnerability18

05DNA & barcoding1 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Aphos porosus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

BINs1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections3

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 185 records

Wild obs. + sensor1 039

Museum / vouchered146

Origin

Native10

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO2 984 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit24

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 45 m · max 120 m · 24 records with depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy88% within 1 km

≤100 m 16≤1 km 7≤10 km 2>10 km 1

26 georeferenced · 1 013 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor1 039

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy7% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤10 km 8>10 km 6

15 georeferenced · 131 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence146

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions6 of 11 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Washington, US	19
Universidad Católica del Nortelocation not on record	16
CASlocation not on record	14
Los Angeles, US	10
University of California San Diegolocation not on record	7
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record	2
Cambridge, US	2
Vancouver, CA	2
Helsinki, FI	1
UNICAMPlocation not on record	1
Frankfurt am Main	1

11 institutions · 75 of 146 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA3 detections

Where the DNA of Aphos porosus was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found3

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 3 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median7.90 °C 7.90–7.90

Seasonal swing summer↔winter9.30 °C

Max temp (day)11.5 °C

Min temp (night)4.90 °C

Precipitation417 mm/mo

Air humidity64.6 %

Moisture balance383 mm/mo

Vapour deficit375 Pa

Wind speed2.10 m/s

Cloud cover32.1 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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Aphos porosus

At a glance

Sources9 archives

Size & morphology2

Habitat & environment2

Other traits2

At a glance

Record type1 185 records

Origin

Range

Depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions6 of 11 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Modelled climatemodelled

Record type1 185 records