Rendezvous fish

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Rendezvous fish
Rendezvous fish ( Polymetme corythaeola ).jpg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Stomiiformes
Family: Phosichthyidae
Genus: Polymetme
Species:
P. corythaeola
Binomial name
Polymetme corythaeola
(Alcock, 1898)
Synonyms [2]
  • Diplophos corythaeolumAlcock, 1898
  • Pollymetme corythaeolaAlcock, 1898
  • Polymetme africanaGilchrist & von Bonde, 1924
  • Yarella corythaeolaAlcock, 1898
  • Yarrella africanaGilchrist & von Bonde, 1924
  • Yarrella blackfordi africanaAlcock, 1898
  • Yarrella blackfordi corythaeolaGilchrist & von Bonde, 1924
  • Yarrella blackfordi illustrisAlcock, 1898
  • Yarrella corythaeolaMcCulloch, 1926
  • Yarrella illustrisAlcock, 1898
  • Diplophos corythaeolumMcCulloch, 1926

The rendezvous fish (Polymetme corythaeola) is a species of fish in the family Phosichthyidae (lightfish). [3] [4] [5]

Contents

Its specific name is derived from the Greek κόρυθος (korythos, "helmet"); and αἰόλος (aiolos, "glittering"). [6]

Description

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The rendezvous fish has a dark dorsum, with silver flanks and a black pigment on the outer caudal rays. Its length is maximum 26 cm (10 in). It has a large mouth and medium-sized eyes. [7] It has two rows of photophores on its body. [8] It has 10–14 dorsal soft rays, 27–34 anal soft rays and 43–45 vertebrae. [9] [10] It has an adipose fin. [11]

Habitat

The rendezvous fish is benthopelagic, living in coastal waters worldwide. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ Lab), Antony Harold (College of Charleston Grice Marine (July 16, 2019). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Polymetme corythaeola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
  2. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Polymetme corythaeola (Alcock, 1898)". www.marinespecies.org.
  3. ↑ Jamieson, Barrie G. M. (January 3, 2009). "Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Fishes (Agnathans and Bony Fishes): Phylogeny, Reproductive System, Viviparity, Spermatozoa". CRC Press – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ Smith, Margaret M.; Heemstra, Phillip C. (December 6, 2012). "Smiths' Sea Fishes". Springer Science & Business Media – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ "Check-list of the Fishes of the Eastern Tropical Atlantic: Clofeta". Junta Nacional de Investigação Cientifica e Tecnológica. August 15, 1990 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ "Order STOMIIFORMES (=STOMIATIFORMES)". March 29, 2016.
  7. ↑ McEachran, John; Fechhelm, Janice D. (June 17, 2013). "Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Vol. 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes". University of Texas Press – via Google Books.
  8. ↑ "Polymetme corythaeola". fishesofaustralia.net.au.
  9. ↑ "Polymetme corythaeola, Rendezvous fish". www.fishbase.de.
  10. ↑ "Marine Species Identification Portal : Polymetme corythaeola". species-identification.org.
  11. ↑ Bigelow, Henry B.; Cohen, Daniel M.; Dick, Myvanwy M.; Jr, Robert H. Gibbs; Grey, Marion; Jr, James E. Morrow; Schultz, Leonard P.; Walters, Vladimir (October 23, 2018). "Soft-rayed Bony Fishes: Orders Isospondyli and Giganturoidei: Part 4". Yale University Press – via Google Books.
  12. ↑ Australia, Atlas of Living. "Species: Polymetme corythaeola (Rendezvous Fish)". bie.ala.org.au.
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