Vinciguerria

Vinciguerria
V. nimbaria pictured
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclass: Osteichthyes
Class: Actinopterygii
Subclass: Neopterygii
Infraclass: Teleostei
Superorder: Stenopterygii
Order: Stomiiformes
Suborder: Gonostomatoidei
Family: Phosichthyidae
Genus: Vinciguerria
D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896
Genera

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Vinciguerria is a genus of bristlemouths.[1] It is named for Dr. Decio Vinciguerra (1856-1934), an Italian ichthyologist.[2]

Included species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[3]

References

  1. "Vinciguerria (Genus)". ZipcodeZoo. January 2, 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
  2. Goode, G. Brown; Tarleton H. Bean (1895). Oceanic ichthyology, a treatise on the deep-sea and pelagic fishes of the world, based chiefly upon the collections made by the steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the northwestern Atlantic, with an atlas containing 417 figures. Special Bulletin of the United States National Museum. Washington, DC.
  3. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Vinciguerria in FishBase. February 2012 version.


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