Species that contain: Polymetme and corythaeola [ 4 ] 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). Phosichthyidae. 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]). Current status: Valid as Polymetme corythaeola (Alcock 1898). Phosichthyidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas, including western Mediterranean Sea. 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. Phosichthyidae. 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]). Current status: Valid as Polymetme surugaensis (Matsubara 1943). Phosichthyidae. Distribution: Western Pacific. Habitat: marine.