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.
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 <small>(Norman, 1929)</small>
- Poromitra capito <small>Goode & T. H. Bean, 1883</small>
- Poromitra coronata <small>(Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924)</small>
- Poromitra crassa <small>Parin & Ebeling, 1980</small>
- Poromitra crassiceps <small>(Günther, 1878)</small> (Crested bigscale)
- Poromitra cristiceps <small>(C. H. Gilbert, 1890)</small>
- Poromitra curilensis <small>Kotlyar, 2008</small>
- Poromitra decipiens <small>Kotlyar, 2008</small>
- Poromitra frontosa <small>(Garman, 1899)</small>
- Poromitra gibbsi <small>Parin & Borodulina, 1989</small>
- Poromitra glochidiata <small>Kotlyar, 2008</small>
- Poromitra indooceanica <small>Kotlyar, 2008</small>
- Poromitra jucunda <small>Kotlyar, 2010</small>
- Poromitra kukuevi <small>Kotlyar, 2008</small>
- Poromitra macrophthalma <small>(Gilchrist, 1903)</small>
- Poromitra megalops <small>(Lütken, 1878)</small>
- Poromitra nigriceps <small>(Zugmayer, 1911)</small>
- Poromitra nigrofulva <small>(Garman, 1899)</small>
- Poromitra oscitans <small>Ebeling, 1975</small> (Yawning)
- Poromitra rugosa <small>(W. M. Chapman, 1939)</small>
- Poromitra unicornis <small>(C. H. Gilbert, 1905)</small>
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