Rendezvous fish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Stomiiformes |
Family: | Phosichthyidae |
Genus: | Polymetme |
Species: | P. corythaeola |
Binomial name | |
Polymetme corythaeola (Alcock, 1898) | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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The rendezvous fish (Polymetme corythaeola) is a species of fish in the family Phosichthyidae (lightfish). [3] [4] [5]
Its specific name is derived from the Greek κόρυθος (korythos, "helmet"); and αἰόλος (aiolos, "glittering"). [6]
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]
The rendezvous fish is benthopelagic, living in coastal waters worldwide. [12]
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