WoRMS taxon details
Poromitra capito Goode & Bean, 1883
127272 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127272)
accepted
Species
Lophocephalus anthrax Osório, 1906 · unaccepted
Melamphaes triceratops Roule & Angel, 1933 · unaccepted
Poromitra triceratops (Roule & Angel, 1933) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> v. 10 (no. 5): 183-226. [details]
Distribution North Atlantic off Flemish Cap and off Bermuda
Distribution North Atlantic off Flemish Cap and off Bermuda [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Poromitra capito Goode & Bean, 1883. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127272 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
original description
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. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> v. 10 (no. 5): 183-226. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Keene, M. J.; Gibbs, R. H.; Krueger,W. H. (1987). Family melamphaidae, bigscales. In: Biology of midwater fishes of the Bermuda ocean acre, Smithsonian contributions to zoology, number 452. . Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C. , (452): 169-185 [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
context source (Bermuda) Keene, M. J.; Gibbs, R. H.; Krueger,W. H. (1987). Family melamphaidae, bigscales. In: Biology of midwater fishes of the Bermuda ocean acre, Smithsonian contributions to zoology, number 452. . Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C. , (452): 169-185 [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution North Atlantic off Flemish Cap and off Bermuda [details]Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat Found at depths of 600- 1000 m. [details]
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lophocephalus anthrax Osório, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Melamphaes triceratops Roule & Angel, 1933)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Poromitra capito)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Melamphaes triceratops Roule & Angel, 1933)
To FishBase (from synonym Poromitra triceratops (Roule & Angel, 1933))
To FishBase (from synonym Lophocephalus anthrax Osório, 1906)
To FishBase images (Poromitra capito, Canada, by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lophocephalus anthrax Osório, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Melamphaes triceratops Roule & Angel, 1933)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Poromitra capito)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Melamphaes triceratops Roule & Angel, 1933)
To FishBase (from synonym Poromitra triceratops (Roule & Angel, 1933))
To FishBase (from synonym Lophocephalus anthrax Osório, 1906)
To FishBase images (Poromitra capito, Canada, by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To PESI
To ITIS
