Poromitra

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Poromitra
File:Poromitra unicornis.jpg
P. unicornis
File:Poromitra capito.jpg
P. capito
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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

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There are currently 21 recognized species in this genus:[2]

References

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