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Rendezvous fish
Polymetme corythaeola
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Rendezvous fish
- Scientific
- Polymetme corythaeola
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Deep-water fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 26 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Near the bottom and in the water column above it, recorded from 165 to 800 m (usually 300 to 500 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2019
Description
A slender lightfish with a dark back, silver flanks and two rows of light organs along the body, reaching about 26 cm. It lives over deep island slopes and seamounts, usually at 300 to 500 m.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Polymetme-corythaeola.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Rendezvous_fish_(_Polymetme_corythaeola_).jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.