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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]

References

  1. ^ a b 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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Poromitra". 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.