Vinciguerria

Vinciguerria
Temporal range: Eocene–recent, 48.6–0 Ma[1]
V. nimbaria pictured
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Stomiiformes
Family: Phosichthyidae
Genus: Vinciguerria
D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896
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Vinciguerria is a genus of lightfishes, family Phosichthyidae.[2][3] It is named for Dr. Decio Vinciguerra (1856–1934), an Italian ichthyologist.[4]

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  4. ^ Goode, G. Brown; Tarleton H. Bean (1895). Oceanic ichthyology, a treatise on the deep-sea and pelagic fishes of the world, based chiefly upon the collections made by the steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the northwestern Atlantic, with an atlas containing 417 figures. Special Bulletin of the United States National Museum. Washington, DC.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)