Vinciguerria
| Vinciguerria | |
|---|---|
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| 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 | |
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]
- Vinciguerria attenuata (Cocco, 1838) (Slender lightfish)
- Vinciguerria lucetia (Garman, 1899) (Panama lightfish)
- Vinciguerria mabahiss R. K. Johnson & Feltes, 1984
- Vinciguerria nimbaria (D. S. Jordan & T. M. Williams, 1895) (Oceanic lightfish)
- Vinciguerria poweriae (Cocco, 1838) (Power's deep-water bristle-mouth fish)
References
- ↑ "Vinciguerria (Genus)". ZipcodeZoo. January 2, 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Vinciguerria in FishBase. February 2012 version.
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