Poromitra

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]

  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.