Rendezvous fish

Rendezvous fish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Stomiiformes
Family: Yarrellidae
Genus: Polymetme
Species:
P. corythaeola
Binomial name
Polymetme corythaeola
(Alcock, 1898)
Synonyms
  • Diplophos corythaeolum Alcock, 1898
  • Pollymetme corythaeola Alcock, 1898
  • Polymetme africana Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924
  • Yarella corythaeola Alcock, 1898
  • Yarrella africana Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924
  • Yarrella blackfordi africana Alcock, 1898
  • Yarrella blackfordi corythaeola Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924
  • Yarrella blackfordi illustris Alcock, 1898
  • Yarrella corythaeola McCulloch, 1926
  • Yarrella illustris Alcock, 1898
  • Diplophos corythaeolum McCulloch, 1926

The rendezvous fish (Polymetme corythaeola) is a species of fish in the family Phosichthyidae (lightfish).

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

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