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Vinciguerriidae
slender lightfish
Vinciguerria attenuata
Vinciguerriid Fish beneath the South China Sea
- Tropical
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- East Asia
- Europe
- North America
- South America
- Fusiform
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Fusiform
Smallslender lightfish is a migratory fish from Western Atlantic. The largest recorded length is 4.5 cm. Its body is fusiform body.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Vinciguerriidae
- Genus
- Vinciguerria
- Maximum length
- 4.5 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic. Eastern Atlantic: Portugal south to Congo and South Africa, including the Mediterranean. Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951 ). Indian Ocean: off Inhaca Island, Mozambique (Ref. 3988 ). Southeast Pacific: Chile (Ref. 9068 ). South China Sea (Ref.74511)
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
