Poromitra capito Goode & Bean, 1883
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Poromitra capito Goode & Bean, 1883
- Name authority
- Goode & Bean, 1883
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Beryciformes
- Family
- Melamphaidae
- Genus
- Poromitra
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderBeryciformes
- suborderBerycoidei
- familyMelamphaidae Gill, 1893
- genusPoromitra Goode & Bean, 1883
- speciesPoromitra capito Goode & Bean, 1883
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Poromitra. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Poromitra agafonovae Kotlyar, 2009 | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| crested bigscalePoromitra crassiceps (Günther, 1878) | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Poromitra cristiceps (Gilbert, 1890) | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Poromitra curilensis Kotlyar, 2008 | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Poromitra frontosa (Garman, 1899) | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Poromitra macrophthalma (Gilchrist, 1903) | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Poromitra nigrofulva (Garman, 1899) | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Poromitra kukuevi Kotlyar, 2008 | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Poromitra coronata (Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924) | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Poromitra crassa Parin & Ebeling, 1980 | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Poromitra decipiens Kotlyar, 2008 | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Poromitra gibbsi Parin & Borodulina, 1989 | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Lophocephalus anthrax Osório, 1906 Osório, 1906 | synonym |
| Melamphaes triceratops Roule & Angel, 1933 Roule & Angel, 1933 | synonym |
| Poromitra triceratops (Roule & Angel, 1933) (Roule & Angel, 1933) | synonym |
| Melamphaes anthrax (Osório, 1906) (Osório, 1906) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- 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. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, v. 10 (no. 5): 183–226. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4LY7B. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.