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Species in the family or subfamily Yarrellidae: [ 9 ] records

africana, Yarrella Gilchrist [J. D. F.] & von Bonde [C.] 1924:8, Pl. 1 (fig. 2) [Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa v. 3 (no. 7) (1922); ref. 1649] South Africa. Syntypes: whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Polymetme corythaeola (Alcock 1898) -- (Schaefer et al. 1986:245 [ref. 5709], Quéro et al. 1990:345 [ref. 14985], Fricke et al. 2011:357 [ref. 31242]). Current status: Synonym of Polymetme corythaeola (Alcock 1898). Yarrellidae. Habitat: marine.

andriashevi, Polymetme Parin [N. V.] & Borodulina [O. D.] 1990:742 [119], Fig. 3 [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 30 (no. 5); ref. 20170] Southeastern Pacific, 24°56'S, 88°32'W, depth 580-564 meters. Holotype: ZIN 49576. Paratypes: AMS I.30071-001 (1); BMNH 1990.7.18.2 (1); USNM 308612 (2); ZIN 49577-78 (5, 3); ZMMU P-18146-48 (3, 2, 3). Type catalog: Vasil'eva et al. 2001:40 [ref. 25714]. On p. 119 of English translation. •Valid as Polymetme andriashevi Parin & Borodulina 1990. Current status: Valid as Polymetme andriashevi Parin & Borodulina 1990. Yarrellidae. Distribution: Southeastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

argenteolus, Lychnopoles Garman [S.] 1899:244, Pl. 53 (figs 4-4a) [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24; ref. 1540] Gulf of Panama, 7°N, 79°W, Albatross stations 3385, 3386 and 3389, depth 210-286 fathoms. Syntypes: MCZ 28518 (2) station 3385, 28519 (3) station 3889, 42999 [ex 28520] (2) station 3386. •Valid as Yarrella argenteola (Garman 1899) -- (Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:251 [ref. 28944], Vélez in Nakaya et at. 2009:124 [ref. 42561], Robertson et al. 2017:44 [ref. 35676], Victor et al. 2024:76 [ref. 42021]). Current status: Valid as Yarrella argenteola (Garman 1899). Yarrellidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Gulf of Panama south to Peru, including Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). IUCN (2025): Not Assessed. Habitat: marine.

blackfordi, Yarrella Goode [G. B.] & Bean [T. H.] 1896:103, Pl. 32 (fig. 121) [Special Bulletin U. S. National Museum No. 2; ref. 1848] Gulf of Mexico, 29°03'15"N, 88°16'W, Albatross station 2376, depth 324 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 44242. Paratypes or additional material: (2). •Valid as Yarrella blackfordi Goode & Bean 1896 -- (Fujii in Uyeno et al. 1983:133 [ref. 14275], Schaefer et al. 1986:247 [ref. 5709], Quéro et al. 1990:347 [ref. 14985], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:448 [ref. 23897], Harold 2003:888 [ref. 27001], Moore et al. 2003:183 [ref. 27076], Harold 2016:1791 [ref. 34568], Carneiro et al. 2019:93 [ref. 37250], Reiner 2019:89 [ref. 38139] as Yarrela blackfordi, Sutton et al. 2020:64 [ref. 37832], Fermon et al. 2022:171 [ref. 39448], Page et al. 2023:86 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:210 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Yarrella blackfordi Goode & Bean 1896. Yarrellidae. Distribution: Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

corythaeolum, Diplophos Alcock [A. W.] 1898:147 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) v. 2 (no. 8) (art. 22); ref. 92] Andaman Sea, Investigator station 115, 116 and 233, in 188-220, depth 185 and 405 fathoms. Syntypes: ZSI F13076-7 (2), 150/1 (1), 314-5/01 (2). Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:101 [ref. 20743], Menon & Rama-Rao 1975:34 [ref. 22148]. Figured in Alcock 1899: Pl. 25 (fig. 3) [ref. 20535]. •Valid as Polymetme corythaeola (Alcock 1898) -- (Witzell 1973:120 [ref. 7172], Fujii in Uyeno et al. 1983:134 [ref. 14275], Badcock in Whitehead et al. 1984:321 [ref. 13675], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:44 [ref. 6441], Schaefer et al. 1986:245 [ref. 5709], Scott & Scott 1988:167 [ref. 25518], Paxton et al. 1989:188 [ref. 12442] as corythaeouma, Pequeño 1989:30 [ref. 14125], McAllister 1990:89 [ref. 14674], Quéro et al. 1990:345 [ref. 14985], Boschung 1992:69 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1996:166 [ref. 24489], Adam et al. 1998:9 [ref. 23610], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:444 [ref. 23897], Fricke 1999:89 [ref. 24106], Harold 1999:1904 [ref. 24741], Nakabo 2000:321 [ref. 25086], Hutchins 2001:19 [ref. 25847], Shinohara et al. 2001:297 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:321 [ref. 26001], Paxton et al. 2006:431 [ref. 28995], Harold & Gomon 2008:238 [ref. 30629], Møller et al. 2010:29 [ref. 31169], Kenaley & Stewart 2015:441 [ref. 34248], Bañón et al. 2016:309 [ref. 34397], Fricke et al. 2018:66 [ref. 35805], Carneiro et al. 2019:92 [ref. 37250], Fricke et al. 2019:62 [ref. 36673], Misawa et al. 2020:271 [ref. 38138], Sutton et al. 2020:66 [ref. 37832], Bañón & Maño 2021:54 [ref. 38883], Lombarte et al. 2021:[2] [ref. 38769], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:67 [ref. 41223], Fricke et al. 2024:209 [ref. 41622], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2025:suppl. Tab. 1, p. 12 [ref. 42574], Eagderi et al. 2026:29 [ref. 42824]). Current status: Valid as Polymetme corythaeola (Alcock 1898). Yarrellidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas (including western Mediterranean Sea, South China Sea, East China Sea, Timor Sea, Coral Sea, Tasman Sea). IUCN (2020): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

elongata, Yarrella blackfordi Matsubara [K.] 1938:45, Fig. 5 [Journal of the Imperial Fisheries Institute v. 33 (no. 1); ref. 17159] Kumano-Nada, southeastern to Kii Peninsula, Japan, depth 150 fathoms. Holotype (unique): FAKU 1963 (apparently lost). •Valid as Polymetme elongata (Matsubara 1938) -- (Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:45 [ref. 6441], Machida in Okamura & Kitajima 1984:147, 335 [ref. 8057], Harold 1999:1904 [ref. 24741], Shinohara et al. 2001:297 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:321 [ref. 26001], Im et al. 2023:123 [ref. 40386]). •Valid as Polymetme elongatus (Matsubara 1938) -- (Shinohara et al. 1996:162 [ref. 26605], Shinohara et al. 2005:405 [ref. 28370], Motomura et al. 2015:14 [ref. 34709], Koeda in Koeda & Ho 2019:249 [ref. 42208]). Current status: Valid as Polymetme elongata (Matsubara 1938). Yarrellidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Taiwan north to Korea and Japan. Habitat: marine.

illustris, Polymetme McCulloch [A. R.] 1926:167, Pl. 45 (fig. 1) [Biological Results Endeavour v. 5 (pt 4); ref. 2947] Great Australian Bight southwest of Eucla, Western Australia, depth 350-450 fathoms. Holotype: AMS E.4358. Paratypes: AMS E.3550 (1), E.5489 (1), E.6580 (1), E.6581 (1), IA.1340-43 (1, 1, 1, 1); BMNH 1929.10.23.3 (1); CMC F910 (1). Type catalog: Freeman & Tunnicliffe 1997:7 [ref. 22860]. •Synonym of Polymetme corythaeola (Alcock 1898) -- (Witzell 1973:120 [ref. 7172], Paxton et al. 1989:188 [ref. 12442], Quéro et al. 1990:345 [ref. 14985]). •Valid as Polymetme illustris McCulloch 1926 -- (Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:590 [ref. 25122], Paxton et al. 2006:431 [ref. 28995], Harold & Gomon 2008:238 [ref. 30629]). Current status: Valid as Polymetme illustris McCulloch 1926. Yarrellidae. Distribution: Southern Australia. Habitat: marine.

surugaensis, Yarrella Matsubara [K.] 1943:74, Fig. 22 [The Journal of the Sigenkagaku Kenkyusyo v. 1 (no. 1); ref. 6514] Heta, Japan. Holotype: FAKU 6213 (not seen in 1997). Paratypes: FAKU 6214-15 (1, 1). •Synonym of Polymetme corythaeola (Alcock 1898) -- (Quéro et al. 1990:345 [ref. 14985]). •Valid as Polymetme surugaensis (Matsubara 1943) -- (Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:45 [ref. 6441], Harold 1999:1904 [ref. 24741], Nakabo 2000:321 [ref. 25086], Shinohara et al. 2001:297 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:321 [ref. 26001], Paxton et al. 2006:431 [ref. 28995], Koeda in Koeda & Ho 2019:250 [ref. 42208]). Current status: Valid as Polymetme surugaensis (Matsubara 1943). Yarrellidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Taiwan north to japan. Habitat: marine.

thaeocoryla, Polymetme Parin [N. V.] & Borodulina [O. D.] 1990:739 [113], Fig. 2 [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 30 (no. 5); ref. 20170] Northeastern Atlantic, 25°47'N, 15°45'W, depth 500 meters. Holotype: ZMMU P-13768A. Paratypes: USNM 201289-90 (14, 4), 225166 (4), 302435 (5), 304214-16 (15, 4, 6), 304217-18 (2, 3); ZIN 49585 (2); ZMMU P-13768 (19), P-14129 (1). Type catalog: Vasil'eva et al. 2001:40-41 [ref. 25714] as taeocoryla. On p. 113 of English translation. •Valid as Polymetme thaeocoryla Parin & Borodulina 1990 -- (Craddock & Hartel in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:190 [ref. 26158], Harold 2003:888 [ref. 27001], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:46 [ref. 27192], Moore et al. 2003:183 [ref. 27076], Lins Oliveira et al. 2015:57 [ref. 37485], Harold 2016:1791 [ref. 34568], Carneiro et al. 2019:92 [ref. 37250], Sutton et al. 2020:66 [ref. 37832], Fermon et al. 2022:170 [ref. 39448], Page et al. 2023:85 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:209 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Polymetme thaeocoryla Parin & Borodulina 1990. Yarrellidae. Distribution: Atlantic. Habitat: marine.