Rendezvous fish

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Rendezvous fish
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Domain: Eukaryota
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. ↑ Harold, A. (2020). "Polymetme corythaeola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T18252941A21913518. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T18252941A21913518.en .
  2. ↑ WoRMS. "Polymetme corythaeola (Alcock, 1898)". World Register of Marine Species .
  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. ISBN   9781482280609 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ Smith, Margaret M.; Heemstra, Phillip C. (December 6, 2012). Smiths' Sea Fishes. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN   9783642828584 – 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. ISBN   9789230026202 – 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. ISBN   9780292757059 – via Google Books.
  8. ↑ "Polymetme corythaeola". fishesofaustralia.net.au.
  9. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Polymetme corythaeola (Alcock, 1898) | Rendezvous fish". FishBase .
  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. ISBN   9781933789149 – via Google Books.
  12. ↑ Australia, Atlas of Living. "Species: Polymetme corythaeola (Rendezvous Fish)". bie.ala.org.au.


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