Rendezvous fish

Rendezvous fish
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
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]
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]}

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

Description

Drawing

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]

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   978-1-4822-8060-9 – via Google Books.
4. Smith, Margaret M.; Heemstra, Phillip C. (December 6, 2012). Smiths' Sea Fishes. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN   978-3-642-82858-4 – 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   978-92-3-002620-2 – 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   978-0-292-75705-9 – 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   978-1-933789-14-9 – via Google Books.
12. Australia, Atlas of Living. "Species: Polymetme corythaeola (Rendezvous Fish)". bie.ala.org.au.