Genus Poromitra Goode & Bean, 1883
- Poromitra Goode, G.B. & Bean, T.H. 1883. Reports on the results of dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, on the east coast of the United States, during the summer of 1880, by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer Blake, Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. Report on the fishes. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 10(5): 183-226 [214].
Type species:
Poromitra capito Goode & Bean, 1883 by monotypy.
Introduction
Australian material requires further study, with many of the identification prior to recent publications on the group.
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
MELAMPHAIDAE: Poromitra crassiceps (Günther, 1878) — Kotlyar, A.N. 2008. Revision of the genus Poromitra (Melamphaidae): Part 1. Species of group P. crassiceps. Journal of Ichthyology 48(7): 479-492 [481]; Kotlyar, A.N. 2009. Revision of the genus Poromitra (Melamphaidae). Part 4. Species of P. cristiceps group: P. atlantica, P. oscitans and P. agafonovae Kotlyar, species nova. Journal of Ichthyology 49(8): 563-574 [563]
MELAMPHAIDAE: Poromitra megalops (Lütken, 1878) — Kotlyar, A.N. 2010. Revision of the genus Poromitra (Melamphaidae): Part 6. Species of the P. megalops group. Journal of Ichthyology 50(2): 231-245 [233]
regarded as confined to the Atlantic Ocean
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Circumglobal.
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)
General References
Ebeling, A.W. 1986. Family No. 133: Melamphaidae. pp. 427-431 in Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Smith's Sea Fishes. Johannesburg : Macmillan South Africa xx + 1047 pp. 144 pls. [429]
Kotlyar, A.N. 2004. Family Melamphaidae Gill 1893 -- bigscales. California Academy of Sciences Annotated Checklists of Fishes 29: 1-11 [5]
Kotlyar, A.N. 2009. Revision of the genus Poromitra (Melamphaidae). Part 4. Species of P. cristiceps group: P. atlantica, P. oscitans and P. agafonovae Kotlyar, species nova. Journal of Ichthyology 49(8): 563-574 [563]
Kotlyar, A.N. 2010. Revision of the genus Poromitra (Melamphaidae): Part 6. Species of the P. megalops group. Journal of Ichthyology 50(2): 231-245 [243]
Stewart, A.L. & Bray, D.J. 2015. Family Melamphaidae. pp. 977-991 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 3 pp. 577-1152.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2022 | STEPHANOBERYCIFORMES | 06-Jun-2022 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |