| 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.[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]
- ^ 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.