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Class: Teleostei
Order: Beryciformes
Family: Melamphaidae Bigscale fishes or ridgeheads

Genus: Poromitra

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22 species (see list below)
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Poromitra agafonovae Western Indian Ocean 13.2 SL 2009
Poromitra atlantica Circum-Antarctic, between 11.6 SL 1929
Poromitra capito North Atlantic, Northwest 10 SL 1883
Poromitra coronata Southeastern Atlantic Oce 10.7 SL 1924
Poromitra crassa Western Pacific 11 SL 1980
Poromitra crassiceps Crested bigscale Distribution needs to be 14.8 SL 1878
Poromitra cristiceps North Pacific Ocean. 12.1 SL 1890
Poromitra curilensis Northern Pacific 11.2 SL 2008
Poromitra decipiens Eastern Indian Ocean. Eas 11.5 SL 2008
Poromitra frontosa Eastern Pacific Ocean, fr 13.4 SL 1899
Poromitra gibbsi Southeast Pacific. 1989
Poromitra glochidiata Eastern Indian Ocean 10.9 SL 2008
Poromitra indooceanica Indian Ocean. 13.1 SL 2008
Poromitra jucunda Pacific Ocean 5.0 SL 2010
Poromitra kukuevi Southwest Atlantic. 4.9 SL 2008
Poromitra macrophthalma Indo-Pacific 4.5 SL 1903
Poromitra megalops Atlantic Ocean. 6.4 SL 1878
Poromitra nigriceps Northern Atlantic Ocean, 13.5 SL 1911
Poromitra nigrofulva Eastern Pacific Ocean 9.9 SL 1899
Poromitra oscitans Yawning Indo-Pacific 8.2 SL 1975
Poromitra rugosa Northeastern Pacific 9.4 SL 1939
Poromitra unicornis Pacific Ocean 11.4 SL 1905



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