Poromitra
Sign in to savePoromitra is a genus of ridgeheads. The 22 known species of Poromitra have been divided into five species groups according to variation in preopercle anatomy.
Species
カブトウオ属
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderStephanoberyciformes
- FamilyMelamphaidae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 265
- Family
- Melamphaidae
- Collections
- UWFC, TCWC, YPM, USNM, NMV
- Recorded in
- United States, Panama, Peru
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Melamphaidae
- Image
- Poromitra unicornis.jpg
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- Poromitra
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- Poromitra
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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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Poromitra” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.