Poromitra
P. unicornis
P. capito
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.[1]

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

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Poromitra in FishBase. October 2012 version.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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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