| Oceanic lightfish | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Stomiiformes |
| Family: | Phosichthyidae |
| Genus: | Vinciguerria |
| Species: | V. nimbaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Vinciguerria nimbaria (Jordan and Williams, 1895) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Zalarges nimbarius Jordan and Williams, 1895 |
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The oceanic lightfish, Vinciguerria nimbaria, a lightfish of the genus Vinciguerria, is found in all deep tropical and subtropical oceans and seas, from depths of 20 to 5,000 m. Its length is between 2 shi and 5 cm.