Yarrellidae
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The Yarrellidae, also known as rendezvousfishes, are a family of mesopelagic marine stomiiform fish found in deep waters worldwide.[1]
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| Yarrellidae | |
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| Polymetme corythaeola | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Stomiiformes |
| Family: | Yarrellidae Chang et al., 2025 |
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The following two genera are placed in this family:[2]
- Polymetme McCulloch, 1926
- Yarrella Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896
Members of this family were formerly placed in the family Phosichthyidae, but a 2025 phylogenetic study found the latter family to be paraphyletic as previously described. One clade comprising two genera was found to form a distinct lineage, and was thus described as its own family, the Yarrellidae.[3]