Fish · stomiiform

Oceanic lightfish

Vinciguerria nimbaria

PacificAtlanticIndianSouthernArctic Found in 3 oceans

Depth

About 200 to 400 m by day, in the top 100 meters at night. Reported from 20 to 5,000 m

Size

Often 3 to 4 cm, at most 5.5 cm

Diet

Mainly copepods

Zone

Twilight zone · 200 – 1,000 m

Key facts

• Young and adults rise toward the surface and go back down every day.
• Its rows of photophores are complete when it reaches about 2 cm.
• In the equatorial Atlantic, it is the main prey of tuna during the fishing season.
• It weighs at most about 2 grams.

Verified sources

1. FishBase : Vinciguerria nimbaria
2. Champalbert et al. 2008, Marine Biology : Feeding behavior of adult Vinciguerria nimbaria

In the game: Prey: +10 points

In the same zone

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