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Species in the family or subfamily Vinciguerriidae: [ 10 ] records

attenuatus, Maurolicus Cocco [A.] 1838:193 [33], Pl. 8 (fig. 13) [Nuovi annali delle scienze naturali e rendiconto dei lavori dell'Accademia della Scienze dell'Instituto di Bologna con appendice agraria. Bologna Anno 1, Tomo 2 (fasc. 9); ref. 865] Strait of Messina, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. On p. 33 of separate. •Valid as Vinciguerria attenuata (Cocco 1838) -- (Gorbunova 1972:77 [ref. 42294], Witzell 1973:121 [ref. 7172], Badcock in Whitehead et al. 1984:322 [ref. 13675], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:45 [ref. 6441], Schaefer et al. 1986:246 [ref. 5709], Scott & Scott 1988:168 [ref. 25518], Paxton et al. 1989:188 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:30 [ref. 14125], Paulin et al. 1989:97 [ref. 24556], McAllister 1990:91 [ref. 14674], Quéro et al. 1990:346 [ref. 14985], Golani 1994:35 [ref. 23162], Santos et al. 1997:33 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:35 [ref. 24952], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:445 [ref. 23897], Fricke 1999:89 [ref. 24106], Porteiro et al. 1999:30 [ref. 24203], Harold 1999:1904 [ref. 24741], Nakabo 2000:320 [ref. 25086], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:590 [ref. 25122], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:41 [ref. 26753], Nakabo 2002:320 [ref. 26001], Harold 2003:888 [ref. 27001], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:46 [ref. 27192], Moore et al. 2003:183 [ref. 27076], Golani 2005:21 [ref. 37112], Mundy 2005:172 [ref. 28379], Shinohara et al. 2005:405 [ref. 28370], Fricke et al. 2007:57 [ref. 29533], Harold & Gomon 2008:239 [ref. 30629], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:23 [ref. 36649], Goren & Galil 2015:518 [ref. 33910], Kenaley & Stewart 2015:442 [ref. 34248], Carneiro et al. 2019:92 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:92 [ref. 36864], Bariche & Fricke 2020:110 [ref. 37515], Kovačić et al. 2020:13 [ref. 37519], Sutton et al. 2020:67 [ref. 37832], Golani 2021:22 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:24 [ref. 39014], Fermon et al. 2022:170 [ref. 39448], Page et al. 2023:86 [ref. 40505], Reading & Horton 2023:10 [ref. 41317], Fricke et al. 2024:209 [ref. 41622], Alkhalili et al. 2025:7964 [ref. 42636], Kobyliansky et al. 2025:885 [ref. 42663], Silva et al. 2025:7 [ref. 42588]). Current status: Valid as Vinciguerria attenuata (Cocco 1838). Vinciguerriidae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; Atlantic; straying into southeastern Indian Ocean, western and central Pacific (Hawaiian Ridge). IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

benefica, Narooma Whitley [G. P.] 1935:215 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 19 (no. 4); ref. 4683] Washed up on beach near Narooma, New South Wales, Australia. Holotype (unique): AMS IA.4647. •Synonym of Vinciguerria nimbaria (Jordan & Williams 1895) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:189 [ref. 12442], Paxton et al. 2006:432 [ref. 28995]). Current status: Synonym of Vinciguerria nimbaria (Jordan & Williams 1895). Vinciguerriidae. Habitat: marine.

lucetius, Maurolicus Garman [S.] 1899:242, Pl. J (fig. 2) [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24; ref. 1540] Off Galápagos Islands, Albatross station 2627, depth 1832 fathoms; Cocos Island, station 3367, depth 100 fathoms; Las Tres Marias, station 3428, depth 238 fathoms. Syntypes: MCZ 28521 (1, missing) station 3428, MCZ 28522 (missing) station 3367, MCZ 28523 (1) fig. spec. station 2627. Specific name is an indeclinable noun, "light-bringer". •Valid as Vinciguerria lucetius (Garman 1899) -- (Gorbunova 1972:82 [ref. 42294], Dor 1984:45 [ref. 29757], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:256 [ref. 24545], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:161 [ref. 24555], Harold 1999:1904 [ref. 24741], Love et al. 2005:37 [ref. 37547], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:251 [ref. 28944], Vélez in Nakaya et at. 2009:123 [ref. 42561] as lucetia, Fourriére et al. 2016:454 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:606 [ref. 34923], Burton & Lea 2019:43 [ref. 37205], Carneiro et al. 2019:92 [ref. 37250], Love et al. 2021:58 [ref. 39279], Grove et al. 2022:16 [ref. 41326], Page et al. 2023:86 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:209 [ref. 41622], Victor et al. 2024:76 [ref. 42021] as lucetia). Current status: Valid as Vinciguerria lucetius (Garman 1899). Vinciguerriidae. Distribution: Pacific: Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Queensland (Australia) east to eastern Pacific from southern California south to Peru, including Coral Sea and Gulf of California (Mexico) . IUCN (2020): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

mabahiss, Vinciguerria Johnson [R. K.] & Feltes [R. M.] 1984:22, Fig. 11 [Fieldiana Zoology (New Series) No. 22; ref. 5348] Off Haql, Saudi Arabia, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, 29°15'20"N, 34°52'30"E, depth 0-500 meters. Holotype: USNM 224860. Paratypes: BMNH 1984.10.1.1 (1), 1984.10.1.22-23 (2), 1894.10.1.30 (1); FMNH 94574 (1); SIO 83176 (1); SMF 17682 (2); USNM 203824 (now 65), 224856-59 (16, 6, 28, 20), 224861-62 (1, 13), 264320 (6), 268383 (40), 268386 (18), 238388 (27). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:85 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Vinciguerria mabahiss Johnson & Feltes 1984 -- (Goren & Dor 1994:11 [ref. 25356], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[23] 261 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:33 [ref. 36273], Golani & Fricke 2026:36 [ref. 42831]). Current status: Valid as Vinciguerria mabahiss Johnson & Feltes 1984. Vinciguerriidae. Distribution: Red Sea endemic. IUCN (2020): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

mauli, Yarrella Poll [M.] 1953:59, Fig. 24 [Résultats Scientifiques. Expédition Océanographique Belge dans les Eaux Côtières Africaines de l'Atlantique Sud (1948-1949). Bruxelles. v. 4 (no. 2); ref. 12713] 30 miles southwest of Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo, South Atlantic, 5°15'S, 11°29'E, depth 225-240 meters. Holotype: IRSNB 134. Paratypes: (158) IRSNB 135-139 (71, 1, 2, 32, 2), MRAC 95026-73 (48). Type catalog: Walschaerts 1987:8 [ref. 20755]. •Valid as Pollichthys mauli (Poll 1953) -- (Witzell 1973:120 [ref. 7172], Badcock in Whitehead et al. 1984:320 [ref. 13675], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:45 [ref. 6441], Schaefer et al. 1986:245 [ref. 5709], Scott & Scott 1988:167 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:91 [ref. 14674], Quéro et al. 1990:344 [ref. 14985], Boschung 1992:69 [ref. 23239], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:443 [ref. 23897], Nakabo 2000:319 [ref. 25086], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:151 [ref. 27754], Nakabo 2002:319 [ref. 26001], Harold 2003:888 [ref. 27001], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:46 [ref. 27192], Moore et al. 2003:183 [ref. 27076], Nelson et al. 2004:87 [ref. 27807], Mundy 2005:172 [ref. 28379], Fricke et al. 2009:24 [ref. 30213], Costa & Mincarone 2010:353 [ref. 37483], Page et al. 2013:88 [ref. 32708], Pinheiro et al. 2015:7 [ref. 34324], Harold 2016:1791 [ref. 34568], Nión et al. 2016:36 [ref. 35565], Carneiro et al. 2019:92 [ref. 37250], Sutton et al. 2020:64 [ref. 37832], Eduardo et al. 2022:6 [ref. 39574], Fermon et al. 2022:170 [ref. 39448], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:67 [ref. 41223], Villarins et al. 2022:28 [ref. 39442], Page et al. 2023:85 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:209 [ref. 41622], Koerber 2025:6 [ref. 42329], Silva et al. 2025:6 [ref. 42588]). Current status: Valid as Pollichthys mauli (Poll 1953). Vinciguerriidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and temperate seas. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

nimbarius, Zalarges Jordan [D. S.] & Williams [T. M.] in Jordan & Starks 1895:793, Pl. 76 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2) v. 5; ref. 2522] Northeast of Hawaii [central Pacific], exact locality unknown. Syntypes: CAS-SU 3125 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:17 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Vinciguerria nimbaria (Jordan & Williams 1895) -- (Gorbunova 1972:79 [ref. 42294], Witzell 1973:122 [ref. 7172], Sheiko 1983:18 [ref. 37041], Badcock in Whitehead et al. 1984:323 [ref. 13675], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:45 [ref. 6441], Schaefer et al. 1986:246 [ref. 5709], Scott & Scott 1988:168 [ref. 25518], Paxton et al. 1989:189 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:30 [ref. 14125], Paulin et al. 1989:97 [ref. 24556], McAllister 1990:92 [ref. 14674], Quéro et al. 1990:346 [ref. 14985], Santos et al. 1997:34 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:35 [ref. 24952], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:446 [ref. 23897], Fricke 1999:89 [ref. 24106], Porteiro et al. 1999:30 [ref. 24203], Harold 1999:1904 [ref. 24741], Nakabo 2000:320 [ref. 25086], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:590 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:19 [ref. 25847], Shinohara et al. 2001:297 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:320 [ref. 26001], Harold 2003:888 [ref. 27001], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:46 [ref. 27192] dated 1896, Moore et al. 2003:183 [ref. 27076], Love et al. 2005:37 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:172 [ref. 28379], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:251 [ref. 28944], Paxton et al. 2006:432 [ref. 28995], Harold & Gomon 2008:239 [ref. 30629], Fricke et al. 2011:357 [ref. 31242], Kenaley & Stewart 2015:443 [ref. 34248], Pinheiro et al. 2015:7 [ref. 34324], Harold 2016:1791 [ref. 34568], Fricke et al. 2018:66 [ref. 35805], Carneiro et al. 2019:93 [ref. 37250], Reiner 2019:88 [ref. 38139], Sutton et al. 2020:67 [ref. 37832], Love et al. 2021:58 [ref. 39279], Eduardo et al. 2022:6 [ref. 39574], Fermon et al. 2022:171 [ref. 39448], Villarins et al. 2022:29 [ref. 39442], Page et al. 2023:86 [ref. 40505], Reading & Horton 2023:10 [ref. 41317], Fricke et al. 2024:209 [ref. 41622], Kobyliansky et al. 2025:885 [ref. 42663], Silva et al. 2025:7 [ref. 42588], Eagderi et al. 2026:29 [ref. 42824]). Current status: Valid as Vinciguerria nimbaria (Jordan & Williams 1895). Vinciguerriidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

poweriae, Gonostomus Cocco [A.] 1838:167 [7], Pl. 5 (fig. 2) [Nuovi annali delle scienze naturali e rendiconto dei lavori dell'Accademia della Scienze dell'Instituto di Bologna con appendice agraria. Bologna Anno 1, Tomo 2 (fasc. 9); ref. 865] Strait of Messina, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. On p. 7 of separate. •Valid as Vinciguerria poweriae (Cocco 1838) -- (Gorbunova 1972:75 [ref. 42294], Witzell 1973:122 [ref. 7172], Badcock in Whitehead et al. 1984:324 [ref. 13675], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:45 [ref. 6441], Schaefer et al. 1986:246 [ref. 5709], Scott & Scott 1988:169 [ref. 25518], Paxton et al. 1989:189 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:30 [ref. 14125], Paulin et al. 1989:97 [ref. 24556], McAllister 1990:92 [ref. 14674], Quéro et al. 1990:347 [ref. 14985], Boschung 1992:69 [ref. 23239], Golani 1994:35 [ref. 23162], Santos et al. 1997:34 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:35 [ref. 24952], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:447 [ref. 23897], Fricke 1999:89 [ref. 24106], Porteiro et al. 1999:30 [ref. 24203], Harold 1999:1904 [ref. 24741], Nakabo 2000:320 [ref. 25086], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:590 [ref. 25122], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:151 [ref. 27754], Hutchins 2001:19 [ref. 25847], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:41 [ref. 26753], Nakabo 2002:320 [ref. 26001], Harold 2003:888 [ref. 27001], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:46 [ref. 27192], Moore et al. 2003:183 [ref. 27076], Andrew et al. 1995:12 [ref. 38009], Golani 2005:21 [ref. 37112], Love et al. 2005:37 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:172 [ref. 28379], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:251 [ref. 28944], Paxton et al. 2006:432 [ref. 28995], Fricke et al. 2007:58 [ref. 29533], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:23 [ref. 36649], Goren & Galil 2015:518 [ref. 33910], Kenaley & Stewart 2015:444 [ref. 34248], Harold 2016:1791 [ref. 34568], Carneiro et al. 2019:93 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:92 [ref. 36864], Kovačić et al. 2020:13 [ref. 37519], Sutton et al. 2020:67 [ref. 37832], Bañón & Maño 2021:54 [ref. 38883], Golani 2021:23 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:24 [ref. 39014], Love et al. 2021:58 [ref. 39279], Fermon et al. 2022:171 [ref. 39448] with question, Grove et al. 2022:16 [ref. 41326], Page et al. 2023:86 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:209 [ref. 41622], Victor et al. 2024:76 [ref. 42021], Alkhalili et al. 2025:7964 [ref. 42636], Kobyliansky et al. 2025:885 [ref. 42663]). Current status: Valid as Vinciguerria poweriae (Cocco 1838). Vinciguerriidae. Distribution: Circumglobal (including Mediterranean Sea). IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

raoulensis, Gonostoma Waite [E. R.] 1910:373, Pl. 35 (fig. 1) [Transactions of the New Zealand Institute v. 42; ref. 14596] Kermadec Islands. Holotype (unique): CMC F211. Type catalog: Freeman & Tunnicliffe 1997:7 [ref. 22860]. •Synonym of Vinciguerria nimbaria (Jordan & Williams 1895) -- (Quéro et al. 1990:346 [ref. 14985]). Current status: Synonym of Vinciguerria nimbaria (Jordan & Williams 1895). Vinciguerriidae. Habitat: marine.

sanzoi, Vinciguerria Jespersen [P.] & Tåning [A. V.] 1919:218, Pl. 17 (figs. 2, 5) [Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening, Kjøbenhavn v. 70; ref. 2350] North Atlantic. Syntypes: ZMUC P204452 (1), more syntypes at ZMUC but unidentifiable. Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:25 [ref. 9588]. •Synonym of Vinciguerria nimbaria (Jordan & Williams 1895) -- (Witzell 1973:122 [ref. 7172], Quéro et al. 1990:346 [ref. 14985]). Current status: Synonym of Vinciguerria nimbaria (Jordan & Williams 1895). Vinciguerriidae. Habitat: marine.

tenorei, Scopelus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1850:440 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 22; ref. 1014] Naples, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. •Synonym of Vinciguerria attenuata (Cocco 1838) -- (Quéro et al. 1990:346 [ref. 14985]). Current status: Synonym of Vinciguerria attenuata (Cocco 1838). Vinciguerriidae. Habitat: marine.