Vinciguerria

Vinciguerria is a genus of lightfishes, family Phosichthyidae. It is named for Dr. Decio Vinciguerra (1856–1934), an Italian ichthyologist.

Included species

There are currently five extant species recognized in this genus:

• Vinciguerria attenuata <small>(Cocco, 1838)</small> (Slender lightfish)
• Vinciguerria lucetia <small>(Garman, 1899)</small> (Panama lightfish)
• Vinciguerria mabahiss <small>R. K. Johnson & Feltes, 1984</small>
• Vinciguerria nimbaria <small>(D. S. Jordan & T. M. Williams, 1895)</small> (Oceanic lightfish)
• Vinciguerria poweriae <small>(Cocco, 1838)</small> (Power's deep-water bristle-mouth fish)

There are also at least five prehistoric species only known from fossils:

• †Vinciguerria distincta <small>Daniltshenko, 1962</small> (=Sytchevskia) (middle Eocene of Georgia)
• †Vinciguerria merklini <small>(Daniltshenko, 1946)</small> (early Oligocene of eastern Europe)
• †Vinciguerria obscura <small>Daniltshenko, 1946</small> (=Eovinciguerria) (Miocene of eastern Europe)
• †Vinciguerria orientalis <small>Nam, Ko & Nazarkin, 2019</small> (middle Miocene of South Korea)
• †Vinciguerria shinjiensis <small>Yabumoto, Nomura & Nazarkin, 2024</small> (middle Miocene of Japan)

The former fossil genera Eovinciguerria and Sytchevskia have been synonymized with this genus due to their close morphological similarities to it.

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