Lighthousefishes and stareyes
Vinciguerriidae
The Vinciguerriidae, also known as lighthousefishes and stareyes, are a family of mesopelagic marine fish found in deep waters worldwide.
Members of this family were formerly placed in the family Phosichthyidae, but a 2025 phylogenetic study found the latter family to be paraphyletic as previously described. One clade comprising two genera was found to be the most basal stomiiform lineage, and was thus described as its own family, the Vinciguerriidae.
2 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 6 known species
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Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1652680.