Panama lightfish

Vinciguerria lucetia

Vinciguerriid Fish from Five Hundred Meters

Panama lightfish is known around Western Central Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in deep water, and records give a maximum length of 8 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Dragonfishes and Allies
Family: Vinciguerriidae
Genus: Vinciguerria
Maximum length: 8 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Western Central Pacific: Papua New Guinea. Eastern Pacific: throughout the California Current region, usually south of Point Conception and seaward of shelf (Ref. 35839 ); also in Chile (Ref. 9068 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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