Polymetme thaeocoryla

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Polymetme thaeocoryla
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Stomiiformes
Family: Phosichthyidae
Genus: Polymetme
Species:
P. thaeocoryla
Binomial name
Polymetme thaeocoryla
(Parin & Borodulina, 1990)

Polymetme thaeocoryla is a species of fish in the family Phosichthyidae (lightfish). [2] [3]

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Its specific name is an anagram of the similar species, Polymetme corythaeola . [4] It has no common name in English, but in Spanish is called luciérnaga musculosa ("muscular lightfish") and in French luisant grand feu ("gleaming [fish of] great fire"). [5] [6]

Description

Polymetme thaeocoryla has a dark dorsum, with silver flanks and a black pigment on the outer caudal rays. Its length is maximum 21.6 cm (8.5 in). It has 12 or 13 dorsal soft rays, 30–34 anal soft rays, 44 or 45 vertebrae, 7 or 8 pyloric caeca and 17–19 photophores above the anal fin. [4]

Habitat

Polymetme thaeocoryla is benthopelagic, living in the Atlantic Ocean at depths of 213–1,400 m (699–4,593 ft). [7] [8] [9]

Behaviour

Nothing is known of its early life stages. [10]

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References

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  3. "Fisheries Review". Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. August 22, 1991 via Google Books.
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  9. WoRMS. "Polymetme thaeocoryla Parin & Borodulina, 1990". World Register of Marine Species .
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