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.[1]
| Poromitra | |
|---|---|
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| P. unicornis | |
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| P. capito | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Beryciformes |
| Family: | Melamphaidae |
| Genus: | Poromitra Goode & T. H. Bean, 1883 |
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.[1]
Species
There are currently 21 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- 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[3][4]
- 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
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