| Poromitra | |
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| P. unicornis | |
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| P. capito | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Beryciformes |
| Family: | Melamphaidae |
| Genus: | Poromitra Goode & T. H. Bean, 1883 |
Poromitra is a genus of ridgeheads. The 22 known species of Poromitra have been divided into five species groups according to variation in preopercle anatomy.
A Poromitra curilensis specimen from the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, obtained on October 7, 1968, marks the first discovery of a Poromitra member in the southeastern Pacific Ocean.
Species
There are currently 21 recognized species in this genus:
- Poromitra atlantica (Norman, 1929)
- Poromitra capito Goode & T. H. Bean, 1883
- Poromitra coronata (Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924)
- Poromitra crassa Parin & Ebeling, 1980
- Poromitra crassiceps (Günther, 1878) (Crested bigscale)
- Poromitra cristiceps (C. H. Gilbert, 1890)
- Poromitra curilensis Kotlyar, 2008
- Poromitra decipiens Kotlyar, 2008
- Poromitra frontosa (Garman, 1899)
- Poromitra gibbsi Parin & Borodulina, 1989
- Poromitra glochidiata Kotlyar, 2008
- Poromitra indooceanica Kotlyar, 2008
- Poromitra jucunda Kotlyar, 2010
- Poromitra kukuevi Kotlyar, 2008
- Poromitra macrophthalma (Gilchrist, 1903)
- Poromitra megalops (Lütken, 1878)
- Poromitra nigriceps (Zugmayer, 1911)
- Poromitra nigrofulva (Garman, 1899)
- Poromitra oscitans Ebeling, 1975 (Yawning)
- Poromitra rugosa (W. M. Chapman, 1939)
- Poromitra unicornis (C. H. Gilbert, 1905)
References
- ^ Kotlyar, A. N. (May 2019). "First Finding of Kuril Melamphaid Fish Poromitra curilensis (Melamphaidae) in the Southeastern Pacific Ocean". Journal of Ichthyology. 59 (3): 432–434. doi:10.1134/S0032945219030081. ISSN 0032-9452. S2CID 255277753.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Poromitra". FishBase. October 2012 version.
- Kotlyar, A.N. (August 2008). "Revision of the genus Poromitra (Melamphaidae): Part 1. Species of group P. crassiceps". Journal of Ichthyology. 48 (7): 479–492. doi:10.1134/S0032945208070011. S2CID 43696478.
- Kotlyar, A.N. (September 2008). "Revision of the genus Poromitra (Melamphaidae): Part 2. New species of the group P. crassiceps". Journal of Ichthyology. 48 (8): 553–564. doi:10.1134/S0032945208080018. S2CID 23057815.
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