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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). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Meio ambiente: milieu / Zona climática / intervalo de profundidade / faixa de distribuição
Ecologia
marinhas batipelágico; intervalo de profundidade 100 - 2000 m (Ref. 74511). Subtropical; 48°N - 57°S
Western Atlantic. Eastern Atlantic: Portugal south to Congo and South Africa, including the Mediterranean. Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951). Indian Ocean: off Inhaca Island, Mozambique (Ref. 3988). Southeast Pacific: Chile (Ref. 9068). South China Sea (Ref.74511)
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturidade: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.5 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 3988)
Espinhos dorsais (total) : 0; Raios dorsais (total) : 13 - 15; Espinhos anais: 0; Raios anais : 13 - 16. Dark dorsum, silvery flanks; lower jaw symphysis, premaxilla and fin rays lacking pigment streaks (Ref. 3988).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Mesopelagic species, found at 250-600 m during the day and 100-500 m at night (Ref. 4778, 58302). Both juveniles and adults make short diel vertical migrations (Ref. 4778). Feeds on small crustaceans (Ref. 4778). Adult photophore complement attained at about 20 mm SL (Ref. 4778). Spawns in spring and early summer (Ref. 37473).
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
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)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Ameaça para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
Ferramentas
Relatórios especiais
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Estimativas baseadas em modelos
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00977 (0.00413 - 0.02314), b=3.06 (2.85 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nível Trófico (Ref. 69278) |
3.1 ±0.20 se; based on food items. |
Resiliência (Ref. 120179) |
médio(a), tempo mínimo de duplicação da população 1,4 - 4,4 anos (tmax=1). |
Vulnerabilidade da pesca (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |
Nutrientes (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 236 [74, 1,586] mg/100g; Iron = 3 [1, 12] mg/100g; Protein = 3.75 [0.00, 7.87] %; Omega3 = 0.346 [0.089, 1.339] g/100g; Selenium = 36.7 [7.8, 217.8] μg/100g; VitaminA = 33 [4, 280] μg/100g; Zinc = 2.65 [1.07, 7.29] mg/100g (wet weight); |