Oceanic lightfish
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| Species: | V. nimbaria
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| Vinciguerria nimbaria (Jordan and Williams, 1895)
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Zalarges nimbarius Jordan and Williams, 1895 | |
The 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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Vinciguerria nimbaria". 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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