Poromitra

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