Vinciguerria is a genus of lightfishes, family Phosichthyidae. It is named for Dr. Decio Vinciguerra (1856–1934), an Italian ichthyologist.
Included species There are currently five extant species recognized in this genus: Vinciguerria attenuata (Cocco, 1838) (Slender lightfish) Vinciguerria lucetia (Garman, 1899) (Panama lightfish) Vinciguerria mabahiss R. K. Johnson & Feltes, 1984 Vinciguerria nimbaria (D. S. Jordan & T. M. Williams, 1895) (Oceanic lightfish) Vinciguerria poweriae (Cocco, 1838) (Power's deep-water bristle-mouth fish)
There are also at least five prehistoric species only known from fossils: †Vinciguerria distincta Daniltshenko, 1962 (=Sytchevskia) (middle Eocene of Georgia) †Vinciguerria merklini (Daniltshenko, 1946) (early Oligocene of eastern Europe) †Vinciguerria obscura Daniltshenko, 1946 (=Eovinciguerria) (Miocene of eastern Europe) †Vinciguerria orientalis Nam, Ko & Nazarkin, 2019 (middle Miocene of South Korea) †Vinciguerria shinjiensis Yabumoto, Nomura & Nazarkin, 2024 (middle Miocene of Japan) The former fossil genera Eovinciguerria and Sytchevskia have been synonymized with this genus due to their close morphological similarities to it.
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