Vinciguerria


Vinciguerria is a genus of lightfishes, family Phosichthyidae. It is named for Dr. Decio Vinciguerra, an Italian ichthyologist.

Included species

There are currently five extant species recognized in this genus:Vinciguerria attenuata Vinciguerria lucetia Vinciguerria mabahiss R. K. Johnson & Feltes, 1984Vinciguerria nimbaria Vinciguerria poweriae
There are also at least five prehistoric species only known from fossils:
  • †Vinciguerria distincta Daniltshenko, 1962
  • †Vinciguerria merklini
  • †Vinciguerria obscura Daniltshenko, 1946
  • †Vinciguerria orientalis Nam, Ko & Nazarkin, 2019
  • †Vinciguerria shinjiensis Yabumoto, Nomura & Nazarkin, 2024
The former fossil genera Eovinciguerria and Sytchevskia have been synonymized with this genus due to their close morphological similarities to it.