Large-headed Midnight Fish

Poromitra crassiceps est une espèce de poissons abyssaux de la famille des Melamphaidae.

Poromitra crassiceps, commonly called the crested bigscale (also called large-headed midnight fish, crested melamphid, or one-horned melamphaid) is a species of deep sea fish in the ridgehead family. While the fish with the common name crested bigscale in Alaskan waters had formerly been identified as P. crassiceps, it is now believed that Alaskan crested bigscales are actually Poromitra curilensis, and that P.

Poromitra crassiceps es un pez abisal del género Poromitra. ​​ Descripción P. crassiceps se identifica ocasionalmente como el pez cabeza de cresta más grande; si bien se han encontrado especímenes de hasta 18 cm de longitud máxima, normalmente mide 14,8 cm.