Vinciguerria poweriae
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Vinciguerria poweriae is a species of lightfish
belonging to the genus Vinciguerria
. They are mostly found in seawater 300–600 m (984.3–1,968.5 ) deep during the day and 50 metre deep at night. They feed on small crustacean
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Phosichthyidae
Lightfishes are small stomiiform fishes in the family PhosichthyidaeThey are very small fishes found in oceans throughout the world: most species grow no longer than 10 cm, while those in the genus Vinciguerria only reach 4 cm or so....
belonging to the genus Vinciguerria
Vinciguerria
Vinciguerria are a genus of lightfishes.-Included species:The genus Vinciguerria include the following species:* Vinciguerria attenuata* Vinciguerria lucetia * Vinciguerria mabahiss...
. They are mostly found in seawater 300–600 m (984.3–1,968.5 ) deep during the day and 50 metre deep at night. They feed on small crustacean
Crustacean
Crustaceans form a very large group of arthropods, usually treated as a subphylum, which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles. The 50,000 described species range in size from Stygotantulus stocki at , to the Japanese spider crab with a leg span...
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