Vinciguerria lucetia, Panama lightfish

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Vinciguerria lucetia (Garman, 1899)

Panama lightfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Stomiiformes (Lightfishes and dragonfishes) > Phosichthyidae (Lightfishes)
Etymology: Vinciguerria: Because of Decio Vinciguerria, Italian ichthyiologist from Genova, 1856-1934 (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Garman.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 100 - 500 m (Ref. 51600). Deep-water

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Western Central Pacific: Papua New Guinea. Eastern Pacific: throughout the California Current region, usually south of Point Conception and seaward of shelf (Ref. 35839); also in Chile (Ref. 9068).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 55763); common length : 4.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 56527); max. reported age: 3.00 years (Ref. 56527)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-16; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 13 - 17; Vertebrae: 39 - 43. Branchiostegal rays: 12.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in the epipelagic and mesopelagic zone (Ref. 35839). Oviparous, with planktonic eggs and larvae (Ref. 35839).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Oviparous (Ref. 35839).

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

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. (Ref. 6993)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 16 July 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 7.7 - 22.8, mean 14.8 °C (based on 272 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5312   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00891 (0.00429 - 0.01851), b=3.13 (2.94 - 3.32), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.2   ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 207 [68, 1,344] mg/100g; Iron = 1.82 [0.57, 7.37] mg/100g; Protein = 17.7 [15.3, 19.9] %; Omega3 = 0.244 [0.051, 1.376] g/100g; Selenium = 52.8 [7.3, 274.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 4.47 [0.35, 53.46] μg/100g; Zinc = 2.44 [0.86, 6.16] mg/100g (wet weight);