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Vinciguerria lucetia
| Description | Vinciguerria lucetia is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the genus Vinciguerria known by the common name Panama lightfish. It is a small bioluminescent fish, with two rows of tiny photophores along its body. It is very abundant in the tropical Indo-Pacific where it makes large vertical migrations each day. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinciguerria_lucetia, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Stomiiformes : Phosichthyidae : Vinciguerria : Vinciguerria lucetia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Generic Name | Vinciguerria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Vinciguerria lucetia (Garman, 1899) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Lightfish, Panama Lightfish, Pejecito Punteado, Pez Portador De Luces, Portador De Lintenas, Portador De Luces, Portador De Luz, 熒串光魚, 荧串光鱼 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinciguerria_lucetia |
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Vinciguerria lutecia (Garman, 1899) | GBIF | species | Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Stomiiformes : Phosichthyidae : Vinciguerria : Vinciguerria lutecia |
| Maurolicus lucetius Garman, 1899 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Stomiiformes : Phosichthyidae : Vinciguerria : Maurolicus lucetius |
References
| Bussing 1965, Craddock & Mead 1970, Parin et al. 1973, Sepúlveda & Pequeño 1985, Pequeño 1989, Sielfeld et al. 1995, Castro & Landaeta 2002, Landaeta & Castro 2004, Sielfeld & Kawaguchi 2004b, Acuña et al. 2009. - via Lista sistemática actualizada de los peces de Chile |
| Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2019). - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences (2003) Chinese aquatic germplasm resources database.: http://zzzy.fishinfo.cn - via Catalogue of Life |
| Kailola, P.J. (1987) The fishes of Papua New Guinea. A revised and annotated checklist. Vol. 1. Myxinidae to Synbranchidae.: Research Bulletin No. 41. Department of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. 194 p. - via Catalogue of Life |
| Wu, H.L., K.-T. Shao and C.F. Lai (eds.) (1999) Latin-Chinese dictionary of fishes names.: The Sueichan Press, Taiwan. 1028 p. - via Catalogue of Life |
| Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2019). - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Harold, A. S. / Carpenter, Kent E., and Volker H. Niem, eds., 1999: Phosichthyidae (=Photichthyidae): Lightfishes (lighthousefishes). FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes: The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific, vol. 3: Batoid fishes, chimaeras and Bony fishes, part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). 1903-1904. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| García-Godos Naveda, I. (2001) Patrones morfológicos del otolito sagitta de algunos peces óseos del mar Peruano.: Bol. Inst. Mar Perú 20(1-2):1-83. - via Catalogue of Life |
| Jiménez Prado, P. and P. Béarez (2004) Peces Marinos del Ecuador continental. Tomo 2: Guía de Especies / Marine fishes of continental Ecuador. Volume 2: Species Guide.: SIMBIOE/NAZCA/IFEA. - via Catalogue of Life |
| Kotlyar, A.N. (1984) Dictionary of names of marine fishes on the six languages.: All Union Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography, Moscow. 288 p. - via Catalogue of Life |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
