Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Stephanoberyciformes > Family Melamphaidae > Genus Poromitra

Poromitra crassiceps (Günther, 1878)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

PoromitraGoode & Bean, 1883accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: crested bigscale; crested melamphid sources: ITIS database;Gillespie, G. E. 1993. An updated list of the fishes of British Columbia, and those of interest in adjacent waters, with numeric code designations. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 1918: 116 p.
 French: heaume à crête

Literature

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, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 357-374

additional source

FishBase, version december 2007

additional source

FishBase, version may 2009

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.

additional source

FishBase, version october 2012

additional source

Fishbase

additional source

Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002.

Genbank

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Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (27 nucleotides; 24 proteins)
Barcode of Life (20 barcodes)
FishBase
Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Poromitra crassiceps (Günther, 1878). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127273

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

no data

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Last modified

2008-01-15 by Nicolas Bailly

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