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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Stomiiformes
Family: Phosichthyidae Lightfishes

Genus: Vinciguerria

(See list of species below)


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5 species (see list below)

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Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

Western Atlantic. Easter
Max. Length 4.5 cm TL
Vinciguerria attenuata (Cocco, 1838)

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
 
Vinciguerria attenuata
[Slender lightfish]

Photo by Villalba, D.O.

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 8 cm TL
Vinciguerria lucetia (Garman, 1899)

Photo by Villalba, D.O.
 
Vinciguerria lucetia
[Panama lightfish]
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Indian Ocean
 
Vinciguerria mabahiss
[]

Photo by Hopkins Seaside Laboratory

Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 5.3 cm SL
Vinciguerria nimbaria (Jordan & Williams, 1895)

Photo by Hopkins Seaside Laboratory
 
Vinciguerria nimbaria
[Oceanic lightfish]

Photo by SFSA

Circumglobal (Ref. 3988),
Max. Length 4.3 cm TL
Vinciguerria poweriae (Cocco, 1838)

Photo by SFSA
 
Vinciguerria poweriae
[Power's deep-water bristle-mouth fish]
5 Species of Family Phosichthyidae with Genus Vinciguerria
(Lightfishes)
Sort by: Species Length Year
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1838 Vinciguerria attenuata Slender lightfish Western Atlantic. Easter 4.5 TL
1899 Vinciguerria lucetia Panama lightfish Western Central Pacific 8 TL
1984 Vinciguerria mabahiss Indian Ocean
1895 Vinciguerria nimbaria Oceanic lightfish Western Central Atlantic 5.3 SL
1838 Vinciguerria poweriae Power's deep-water bristle-mouth fish Circumglobal (Ref. 3988), 4.3 TL



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cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013