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Oceanic lightfish Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Stomiiformes Family: Phosichthyidae Genus: Vinciguerria Species: V. nimbaria Binomial name Vinciguerria nimbaria
(Jordan and Williams, 1895)Synonyms Zalarges nimbarius Jordan and Williams, 1895
Vinciguerria sanzoi Jespersen & Tåning, 1919The oceanic lightfish, Vinciguerria nimbaria, a lightfish of the genus Vinciguerria, is found in all deep tropical and subtropical oceans and seas, from depths of 20 to 5,000 m. Its length is between 2 shi and 5 cm.
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Vinciguerria nimbaria" in FishBase. March 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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