Vinciguerria lucetia

Vinciguerria lucetia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Stomiiformes
Family: Phosichthyidae
Genus: Vinciguerria
Species:
V. lucetia
Binomial name
Vinciguerria lucetia
Garman, 1899 [1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Maurolicus lucetius Garman, 1899
  • Vinciguerria lucetius (Garman, 1899)
  • Vinciguerria lutecia (Garman, 1899)

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.

  1. ^ a b Bailly, Nicolas (2015). "Vinciguerria lucetia (Garman, 1899)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 8 February 2016.