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Vinciguerria nimbaria (Jordan & Williams, 1895)

127303  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127303)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Zalarges nimbarius Jordan & Williams, 1895) Jordan, D. S.; Starks, E. C. (1895). The fishes of Puget Sound. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2).</em> v. 5: 785-855, Pls. 76-104. [details] 
Description Adults and juveniles found at 200-400 m by day and upper 100 m by night. Exhibits diel vertical migration. Feeds mainly on...  
Description Adults and juveniles found at 200-400 m by day and upper 100 m by night. Exhibits diel vertical migration. Feeds mainly on copepods, feeding intensively in the afternoon to early evening. Dioecious. Adult photophore complement attained at about 18-20 mm SL (Ref. 4778). [details]

Distribution Scotian Shelf and Bay of Fundy to Bermuda  
Distribution Scotian Shelf and Bay of Fundy to Bermuda [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Vinciguerria nimbaria (Jordan & Williams, 1895). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127303 on 2024-11-23
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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original description (of Zalarges nimbarius Jordan & Williams, 1895) Jordan, D. S.; Starks, E. C. (1895). The fishes of Puget Sound. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2).</em> v. 5: 785-855, Pls. 76-104. [details] 

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

context source (Bermuda) Grey, M. (1955). Notes on a collection of Bermuda deep-sea fishes. Fieldiana Zoology, 37: 265-302 [details] 

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details] 

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details] 

additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details] 

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details] 

additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] 

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Description Adults and juveniles found at 200-400 m by day and upper 100 m by night. Exhibits diel vertical migration. Feeds mainly on copepods, feeding intensively in the afternoon to early evening. Dioecious. Adult photophore complement attained at about 18-20 mm SL (Ref. 4778). [details]

Diet Feeds mainly on copepods, feeding intensively in the afternoon to early evening  [details]

Distribution Scotian Shelf and Bay of Fundy to Bermuda [details]

Habitat nektonic [details]

Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Habitat Found at depths of 200- 400 m (day), upper 100 m (night).  [details]

Predators Bony fishes  [details]
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English oceanic lightfish  [details]
Japanese ヤベウキエソ  [details]
Russian Океаническая винцигуэррия  [details]
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