Vinciguerria nimbaria

Author
Jordan & Williams, 1895
Common Names
  • Frilled Lighthouse Fish
  • Lightfish
  • Narooma Lantern-fish
  • Narooma Lightfish
  • Oceanic Lightfish

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Min Depth
200 meters
Max Depth
400 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Atlantic. New Jersey to Caribbean
Habitat-Biology
  • mesopelagic
References

  • Grey, M. 1964. Gonostomatidae. Pp. 78–240 in H. B. Bigelow et al., eds. Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Part 4, Soft-rayed bony fishes, Isospondyli, (part), Argentinoidei, Stomiatoidea, Escocoidea, Bathylaconoidea, Gigantiroidei, Sears Foundation for Marine Research, Memoir 1, New Haven.

  • Harold, A. S. 2002. Order Stomiiformes. Pp. 866–880 in K. E. Carpenter, ed. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Vol. 2. Bony fishes part 1 (Acipenseridae to Grammatidae). FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. FAO, Rome.

  • McEachran, J. D., and J. D. Fechhelm. 1998. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Volume 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas. 1112 p.

  • Murdy, E. O., R. E. Matheson, Jr., J. D. Fechhelm, and M. J. McCoid. 1983. Midwater fishes of the Gulf of Mexico collected from the R/V Alaminos. Texas Journal Science 35: 109–127.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-04-2024.

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