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The occurrence of big-eyed rhinofish Poromitra macrophthalma in the central part of the Atlantic Ocean is reported for the first time. This species was previously known only in tropical and subtropical waters of the Indian and Pacific (the western and central parts) oceans.
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The author is sincerely grateful to members of the Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Kobyliansky for providing materials on Melamphaidae from cruise 43 of the R/V Akademik Vavilov and A.V. Mishin for providing excellent photographs and the X-ray of the studied fish.
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Kotlyar, A.N. Discovery of Poromitra macrophthalma (Melamphaidae) in the Atlantic Ocean. J. Ichthyol. 62, 510–513 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945222030079
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