Polymetme

Polymetme
Rendezvous Fish (P. corythaeola)
Brilliant Lightfish (P. illustris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Stomiiformes
Family:
Phosichthyidae
Genus:
Polymetme

McCulloch, 1926

Polymetme is a genus of lightfishes.

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Polymetme andriashevi Parin & Borodulina, 1990
  • Polymetme corythaeola (Alcock, 1898) (Rendezvous fish)
  • Polymetme elongata (Matsubara, 1938)
  • Polymetme illustris McCulloch, 1926 (Brilliant lightfish)
  • Polymetme surugaensis (Matsubara, 1943) (Suruga lightfish)
  • Polymetme thaeocoryla Parin & Borodulina, 1990
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References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Polymetme in FishBase. February 2012 version.


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