WoRMS taxon details
Polymetme illustris McCulloch, 1926
274959 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:274959)
accepted
Species
Yarrella illustris (McCulloch, 1926) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
McCulloch, A. R. (1926). Report on some fishes obtained by the F. I. S. "Endeavour" on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South and South-Western Australia. Part V. <em>Biological Results Endeavour.</em> 5 (4): 157-216, Pls. 43-56. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Polymetme illustris McCulloch, 1926. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=274959 on 2025-11-03
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Nomenclature
original description
McCulloch, A. R. (1926). Report on some fishes obtained by the F. I. S. "Endeavour" on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South and South-Western Australia. Part V. <em>Biological Results Endeavour.</em> 5 (4): 157-216, Pls. 43-56. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Yarrella illustris (McCulloch, 1926))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polymetme illustris)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Yarrella illustris (McCulloch, 1926))
To Genbank
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Yarrella illustris (McCulloch, 1926))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polymetme illustris)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Yarrella illustris (McCulloch, 1926))
To Genbank
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS