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Phosichthyidae (Lightfishes)
Etymology: Vinciguerria: Because of Decio Vinciguerria, Italian ichthyiologist from Genova, 1856-1934 (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Decio Vinciguerra (1856–1934) was an Italian physician, naturalist and ichthyologist at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova (1883–1931). [...] Jeanne Villepreux-Power, also known as Jeanette Power (1794–1871), was a French marine biologist and pioneer of research into aquatic organisms, who started out by walking more than 400 kilometres to Paris where she became a dressmaker. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin bathypélagique; profondeur 50 - 1500 m (Ref. 104125), usually 300 - 600 m (Ref. 47377). Deep-water; 43°N -
Circumglobal (Ref. 3988), subtropical waters (Ref.47377). Eastern Atlantic: Portugal to Cape Verde, including the eastern Mediterranean. Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico (Ref. 27768). Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951). Western Pacific: Australia (including Western Australia and Tasmania) (Ref. 7300) and New Zealand (Ref. 5755). Eastern Pacific: Seaward edge of the California Current region (Ref. 35839); also found in Chile (Ref. 9068). South China Sea (Ref.74511).
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.3 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 56527)
Épines dorsales (Total) : 0; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 13 - 15; Épines anales: 0; Rayons mous anaux: 12 - 15; Vertèbres: 38 - 41. Dorsum dark, flanks silvery; dark pigment streak at lower jaw symphysis and over premaxilla; fins lacking color (Ref. 3988). Dorsal adipose fin present. Branchiostegal rays: 11 (Ref. 35839). Photophores conspicuous (Ref. 37473).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Epi- (Ref. 58302) and mesopelagic, mostly found at 300-600 m during the day and at 50-350 m at night (Ref. 3988, 58302); both juveniles and adults make diel vertical migrations (Ref. 4778). Feed on small crustaceans (Ref. 4778). Adult photophore complement attained at about 19 mm SL (Ref. 4778). Oviparous, with planktonic eggs and larvae (Ref. 35839). Spawning takes place throughout the year in Mediterranean (Ref. 37473).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Quéro, J.-C., J.C. Njock and M.M. de la Hoz, 1990. Photichthyidae. p. 343-348. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 4470)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Température préférée (Réf.
123201): 6.3 - 14.8, mean 10.6 °C (based on 508 cells).
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00955 (0.00400 - 0.02282), b=3.06 (2.85 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 3.1 ±0.27 se; based on food items.
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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Nutriments (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 189 [44, 4,417] mg/100g; Iron = 4.33 [0.72, 21.79] mg/100g; Protein = 2.51 [0.00, 7.26] %; Omega3 = 0.24 [0.02, 3.37] g/100g; Selenium = 75.8 [4.4, 1,203.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 3.47 [0.11, 100.33] μg/100g; Zinc = 4.82 [1.15, 19.23] mg/100g (wet weight);