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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Vinciguerria nimbaria

Oceanic lightfish

WoRMS 127303ITIS 162194GBIF 2346841key worms:127303
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2026-08-05: itis_id 162194 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Yan Wong · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Malacosteus niger
Oceanic lightfish4.8 cm
US quarter2.4 cm

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Vinciguerria nimbaria
Photo · David Starr Jordan , no known copyright restrictions (public domain) · Public domain · inat

The oceanic lightfish 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 and 5 cm.W CalCOFI holds 138 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1972 and 2006, as larva.R

138
observations
138
records
138
sampling events
1972–2006
years
1
datasets
larva
life stages

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

  • Ichthyoplankton 138 obs · 138 events · 1972–2006 · larva
    name used: Vinciguerria nimbaria Oceanic lightfish · code 96

How big is it
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Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorerdb-query
ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:127303%22