Poromitra Explained

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.

Species

There are currently 21 recognized species in this genus:

• 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^{[2] [3]}
• 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)

Notes and References

1. Kotlyar. A. N.. May 2019. First Finding of Kuril Melamphaid Fish Poromitra curilensis (Melamphaidae) in the Southeastern Pacific Ocean. Journal of Ichthyology. en. 59. 3. 432–434. 10.1134/S0032945219030081. 255277753 . 0032-9452. subscription.
2. Revision of the genus Poromitra (Melamphaidae): Part 1. Species of group P. crassiceps . Kotlyar, A.N. . . August 2008 . 48 . 7 . 479–492 . 10.1134/S0032945208070011. 43696478 .
3. Revision of the genus Poromitra (Melamphaidae): Part 2. New species of the group P. crassiceps . Kotlyar, A.N. . . September 2008 . 48 . 8 . 553–564 . 10.1134/S0032945208080018. 23057815 .