Author: (Cocco, 1838)

Vinciguerria poweriae (Cocco, 1838)

Diagnosis: body elongate; eyes normal, lateral; inter-orbital broad, its minimum width more than 13% head length; mouth large; premaxillary teeth uniserial. Meristic data for eastern North Atlantic only: gillrakers on first arch 11-12 + 3-4 = 14-16. Dorsal finrays 13-15, followed by a short adipose fin; pectoral finrays 9-10 (11); pelvic finrays 7, its base in advance of dorsal fin origin; anal finrays 12-14, its origin beneath end of dorsal fin base, its base about equal to dorsal fin base. Anus under (seventh) eighth to ninth VAV photophore. Vertebrae 38-39. Photophores (adult): ORB 2; BR 8; OP 3; IV 23 (22-24); VAV (8) 9-10; AC 12-14; OA (22) 23-24. Colour: back dark, flanks silvery; pigment streak at lower jaw symphysis (fishes over about 20 mm SL) and over premaxillae; finrays unpigmented; in juveniles (fishes under about 21 mm Sl) caueal melanophore present in median position. Size: to 43 mm SL.

Habitat: pre-metamorphic post-larvae in upper 100 m; metamorphic post larvae at 350-600 m; juveniles and adults centered at 200-400 m by day; diel vertical migrator, juveniles and adults occupying 50-350 m depth at night. Food: small crustaceans. Reproduction: dioecious; peak spawning, spring-summer. Adult photophore complement attained at about 19 mm SL.

Distribution: circumglobal, subtropical; in Clofnam area uncommon north of Gulf of Cadiz; apparently more abundant in eastern than western Mediterranean basin.

Eggs, larvae and young stages. Sanzo, 1913: 1-71 Jespersen & Tåning, 1926: 22, fig. 13-16 | Grey, 1964: 124, 140 | Ahlström & Counts, 1958: 399, fig. 26-27.
Otoliths (sagitta). No data.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Clupeiformes
Suborder Stomiatoidei
Family Photichtyidae
Genus Vinciguerria
Species Vinciguerria poweriae

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Vinciguerria poweriae (Cocco, 1838)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Vinciguerria poweriae (Cocco, 1838)

Synonyms:

Conostomus poweriae Cocco, 1838, Nuovi Ann. Sci. nat., Bologna, 2: 167, pl. 5 (fig. 2).
Maurolicus poweriae: Günther, 1864, 5: 390 Lütken, 1892: 272.
Vinciguerria poweriae: Gilbert, 1908, 26 (6): 237 Sanzo, 1913: 3, pl. 1 (fig. 6-9) Jespersen & Tåning, 1919: 218, pl. 17 (fig. 1-4); 1926: 22, fig. 13-17, 19-20, 22 Norman, 1930: 290 Sanzo, 1931: 71, fig. 50-53 Jespersen, 1934: fig. 1-3 Lozano Rey, 1947: 230, fig. 71 Soljan, 1948: 193, fig. 359 Maul, 1949: 11, fig. 3 Marshall, 1954: 342 Albuquerque, 1954-1956: 255, fig. 139 Koefoed, 1958: 10, pl. 1 (fig. A) Ahlström & Counts, 1958: 363, 399-400, fig. 25-27 Grey, 1964: 137, fig. 29-31, 33.
Vinciguerria lucetia (nec Garman, 1899): Murray & Hjort, 1912: 612, 618, 629 (part.), fig. 457, 478, 495 (part.) Fowler, 1936: 234, fig. 108 (part.).


Common names:

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Ahlstrom, E. H.; Counts, R. 1958. Development and distribution of Vinciguerria lucetia and related species in the eastern Pacific. Fishery Bull. Fish Wildl. Serv. U.S., 58 (139): 359-416, 29 fig.

Albuquerque, R. M. 1954-1956. Peixes de Portugal e ilhas adjacentes. Chavas para a sua determinação. Port. Acta biol., ser. B, 5: xvi+1167 pp., 445 fig.

Cocco, A. 1838b. Su di alcuni Salmonidi del mare di Messina- Iettera al ch. Principe C. L. Bonaparte. Nuovi Ann. Sci. nat., Bologna, 1(2) :161-194, pl. V-VIII.

Fowler, H. W. 1936. The Marine Fishes of West Africa, based on the collection of the American Museum Congo Expedition 1909-1915. Bull. am. Mus. nat. Hist., 70 (1), Jan. 21, 1936: pp. vii+1-606, fig. 1-275; (2), Nov. 18, 1936: pp. 607-1493, fig. 276-567.

Günther, A. 1864a. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. 5. Catalogue of the Physostomi containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. London, xxii+455 pp.

Gilbert, C. H. 1908. Reports on the scientific results of the U.S. Fish Commission steamer 'Albatross', Lantern Fishes. Mem. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv., 26 (6): 217-237, 6 pl.

Grey, M. 1964. Gonostomatidae in Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Mem. Sears Found. Mar. Res., New Haven, 1(4): 78-240, fig. 21-60.

Jespersen, P. 1933-1934. Gonostomatidae and Sternoptychidae. In: L. Joubin, ed., Faune ichthyol. Atlant. N., Copenhagen: fiches 70-89.

Jespersen, P.; Tåning, Å. V. 1919. Some Mediterranean Sternoptychidae. Vidensk. Meddr dansk naturh. Foren, 70: 220-228, pl. 17.

Jespersen, P.; Tåning, Å. V. 1926. Mediterranean Sternoptychidae. Rep. Dan. oceanogr. Exped. Mediterr., 1908-1910, (A 12) 2, (Biology): 59 p., 30 fig.

Koefoed, E. 1958. Isospondyli. 2. Heterophotodermi. 1. Rep. scient. Results Michael Sars N. Atlant. deep Sea Exped., 1910, 4, II (6): 17 p., 2 fig., 1 pl.

Lozano y Rey, L. 1947. Peces Ganoideos y Fisostomos, Mems R. Acad. Cienc. exact. fis. nat. Madr., ser.: Cienc. Nat., 11: xv + 839 p., 190 fig., 20 pl.

Lütken, C. F. 1892a. Korte Bidrag til nordisk Ichthyographi. VIII. Nogle nordiske Laxesild (Scopliner). Vidensk. Meddr dansk naturh. Foren., 1891[1892], 43: 203-233, pl. XVI, fig. 2.

Marshall, N. B. 1954. Aspects of deep-sea biology, London: 380 p., fig., 4 pl.

Maul, G. E. 1949c. Alguns peixes notáveis. Bolm. Mus. munic. Funchal, 4 (11): 22-42,17 fig.

Murray, J.; Hjort, J. 1912a. The depths of the ocean. A general account of the modern science of oceanography based largely on the scientific researches of the norwegian steamer Michael Sars in the North Atlantic. London, 1912: pp.xx+821, 575 fig., unnumbered fig., 4 maps, 9 pl.

Norman, J. R. 1930. Oceanic fishes and flatfishes collected in 1925-1927. 'Discovery' Rep., 2: pp. 261-370, 47 fig., 2 pl.

Sanzo, L. 1913b. Stadi post-embrionali di Vinciguerria attenuata e V. poweriae. Memorie R. Com. talassogr. ital., 3S: 7 p., I pl.

Sanzo, L. 1931b. Salmonoidei, Stomiatoidei in Uova, larve e stadi giovanili di Teleostei. Fauna Flora Golfo Napoli, 38: 21-92, fig. 31-58, pl. II-VII.

Soljan, T. 1948. Fauna i flora jadrana. 1. Ribe Inst. Oceanogr. Ribarst. Jugoslavia. Zagreb, Hrvatske, 437 pp., 1350 fig.

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