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Family: Phosichthyidae Lightfishes



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24 species (see list below)

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Circumglobal in the sub-t
Max. Length 12 cm TL
 
Ichthyococcus australis
[Southern lightfish]

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

North Pacific
Max. Length 13 cm SL
Ichthyococcus elongatus Imai, 1941

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
 
Ichthyococcus elongatus
[Slim lightfish]
No picture found
Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 5.3 cm SL
 
Ichthyococcus intermedius
[Intermediate lightfish]
No picture found
Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 7.6 cm SL
 
Ichthyococcus irregularis
[Bulldog lightfish]

Photo by Costa, F.

Circumglobal except North
Max. Length 5.5 cm SL
Ichthyococcus ovatus (Cocco, 1838)

Photo by Costa, F.
 
Ichthyococcus ovatus
[Lightfish]
No picture found
Indian Ocean
Max. Length 4.9 cm SL
 
Ichthyococcus parini
[]

Photo by JAMARC

Atlantic Ocean
Max. Length 9.1 cm SL
Ichthyococcus polli Blache, 1964

Photo by JAMARC
 
Ichthyococcus polli
[]

Photo by Fischer, L.G.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 30 cm TL
Phosichthys argenteus Hutton, 1872

Photo by Fischer, L.G.
 
Phosichthys argenteus
[Silver lightfish]

Photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 6 cm SL
Pollichthys mauli (Poll, 1953)

Photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory
 
Pollichthys mauli
[Stareye lightfish]
No picture found
Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 20.9 cm SL
 
Polymetme andriashevi
[]

Photo by Serrano, A.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 26 cm SL
Polymetme corythaeola (Alcock, 1898)

Photo by Serrano, A.
 
Polymetme corythaeola
[Rendezvous fish]

Photo by Yang, N.-S.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 18.4 cm SL
Polymetme elongata (Matsubara, 1938)

Photo by Yang, N.-S.
 
Polymetme elongata
[]
No picture found
Eastern Indian Ocean to W
Max. Length 14.8 cm SL
 
Polymetme illustris
[Brilliant lightfish]
No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 12 cm SL
 
Polymetme surugaensis
[Suruga lightfish]

Photo by Vaske Jr., T.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 21.6 cm SL
Polymetme thaeocoryla Parin & Borodulina, 1990

Photo by Vaske Jr., T.
 
Polymetme thaeocoryla
[]

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

Western Atlantic. Easter
Max. Length 4.5 cm TL
Vinciguerria attenuata (Cocco, 1838)

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
 
Vinciguerria attenuata
[Slender lightfish]

Photo by Villalba, D.O.

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 8 cm TL
Vinciguerria lucetia (Garman, 1899)

Photo by Villalba, D.O.
 
Vinciguerria lucetia
[Panama lightfish]
No picture found
Indian Ocean
 
Vinciguerria mabahiss
[]

Photo by Hopkins Seaside Laboratory

Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 5.3 cm SL
Vinciguerria nimbaria (Jordan & Williams, 1895)

Photo by Hopkins Seaside Laboratory
 
Vinciguerria nimbaria
[Oceanic lightfish]

Photo by SFSA

Circumglobal (Ref. 3988),
Max. Length 4.3 cm TL
Vinciguerria poweriae (Cocco, 1838)

Photo by SFSA
 
Vinciguerria poweriae
[Power's deep-water bristle-mouth fish]
No picture found
South Atlantic
Max. Length 10 cm TL
 
Woodsia meyerwaardeni
[Austral lightfish]
No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 12 cm SL
 
Woodsia nonsuchae
[Bigeye lightfish]
No picture found
Eastern Central Pacific
 
Yarrella argenteola
[]

Photo by JAMARC

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 33 cm SL
Yarrella blackfordi Goode & Bean, 1896

Photo by JAMARC
 
Yarrella blackfordi
[]
24 Species of Family Phosichthyidae
(Lightfishes)
Sort by: Species Length Year
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1980 Ichthyococcus australis Southern lightfish Circumglobal in the sub-t 12 TL
1941 Ichthyococcus elongatus Slim lightfish North Pacific 13 SL
1980 Ichthyococcus intermedius Intermediate lightfish Pacific Ocean 5.3 SL
1958 Ichthyococcus irregularis Bulldog lightfish Eastern Pacific 7.6 SL
1838 Ichthyococcus ovatus Lightfish Circumglobal except North 5.5 SL
1980 Ichthyococcus parini Indian Ocean 4.9 SL
1964 Ichthyococcus polli Atlantic Ocean 9.1 SL
1872 Phosichthys argenteus Silver lightfish Eastern Atlantic 30 TL
1953 Pollichthys mauli Stareye lightfish Eastern Atlantic 6 SL
1990 Polymetme andriashevi Southeast Pacific 20.9 SL
1898 Polymetme corythaeola Rendezvous fish Indo-West Pacific 26 SL
1938 Polymetme elongata Western Pacific 18.4 SL
1926 Polymetme illustris Brilliant lightfish Eastern Indian Ocean to W 14.8 SL
1943 Polymetme surugaensis Suruga lightfish Western Pacific 12 SL
1990 Polymetme thaeocoryla Eastern Atlantic 21.6 SL
1838 Vinciguerria attenuata Slender lightfish Western Atlantic. Easter 4.5 TL
1899 Vinciguerria lucetia Panama lightfish Western Central Pacific 8 TL
1984 Vinciguerria mabahiss Indian Ocean
1895 Vinciguerria nimbaria Oceanic lightfish Western Central Atlantic 5.3 SL
1838 Vinciguerria poweriae Power's deep-water bristle-mouth fish Circumglobal (Ref. 3988), 4.3 TL
1973 Woodsia meyerwaardeni Austral lightfish South Atlantic 10 TL
1932 Woodsia nonsuchae Bigeye lightfish Western Pacific 12 SL
1899 Yarrella argenteola Eastern Central Pacific
1896 Yarrella blackfordi Eastern Atlantic 33 SL



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