Power's deep-water bristle-mouth fish (Vinciguerria poweriae)

Scientific name: Vinciguerria poweriae Cocco, 1838

Power's deep-water bristle-mouth fish (Vinciguerria poweriae)

The Power's deep-water bristle-mouth fish (Vinciguerria poweriae) is a marine fish of the family Phosichthyidae.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-15; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 12 - 15; Vertebrae: 38 - 41. Dorsum dark, flanks silvery; dark pigment streak at lower jaw symphysis and over premaxilla; fins lacking color. Dorsal adipose fin present. Branchiostegal rays: 11. Photophores conspicuous.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Vinciguerria poweriae
Family
Phosichthyidae (Lightfishes)
Order
Stomiiformes (Lightfishes and Dragonfishes)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
4.3
Depth range
50–1000 m (164–3281 ft)
Environment
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 50 - 1000 m, usually 300 - 600 m
Climate
Deep-water
Distribution
Circumglobal, subtropical waters. Eastern Atlantic: Portugal to Cape Verde, including the eastern Mediterranean. Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico. Northwest Atlantic: Canada. Western Pacific: Australia (including Western Australia and Tasmania) and New Zealand. Eastern Pacific: Seaward edge of the California Current region; also found in Chile. South China Sea.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries:
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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