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Melamphaidae (Bigscale fishes or ridgeheads)
Etymology: Poromitra: Greek, poros = porous + Greek, mitra = stripe, belt (Ref. 45335); curilensis: The name indicates that the species occurs in the vicinity of the Kuril Islands.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 0 - 8000 m (Ref. 83718). Temperate
Northern Pacific: from the Kuril and Japanese islands to the Gulf of Alaska.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 83718)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 14; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 8 - 10; Vertebrae: 28 - 29. This species is distinguished by the following characters: with spinulated (without break) posterior and lower edges of praeoperculum; insertion of ventral fins is slightly anterior or level to the vertical of the posterior edge of pectoral fin insertion; upper jaw extends to the vertical of the posterior edge of the eye; dorsal fin with 12-14 soft rays, anal fin with 8-10; rakers on the first gill arch 27-30; vertebrae 28-29; pyloric caeca 7 (Ref. 83718).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Seined with non-closing fishing gear in the water horizon of 8000-0 m; and one catch was performed with a dip net near water surface (Ref. 83718).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Kotlyar, A.N., 2008. Revision of the genus Poromitra (Melamphaidae): Part 2. New species of the group P. crassiceps. J. Ichthyol. 48(5):581-592. (Ref. 83718)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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