Vinciguerria

Villarins, Bárbara T., Dario, Fabio Di, Eduardo, Leandro N., Lucena-Frédou, Flávia, Bertrand, Arnaud, Prokofiev, Artem M. & Mincarone, Michael M., 2022, Deep-sea dragonfishes (Teleostei: Stomiiformes) collected from off northeastern Brazil, with a review of the species reported from the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone, Neotropical Ichthyology (e 220004) 20 (2), pp. 1-78 : 28

Vinciguerria Jordan & Evermann, 1896

Diagnosis. Vinciguerria can be distinguished in the Phosichthyidae by the presence of two ORB (one anterior to eye and one mid-ventral or posterior to eye); eyes round or slightly tubular; teeth uniserial in upper jaw and biserial on anterior portion of lower jaw; pseudobranchiae absent; pelvic-fin origin in advance of dorsal-fin origin; anal-fin base length similar to or slightly shorther than dorsal-fin base; dorsal adipose fin present, above posterior portion of anal; 12–16 dorsal-fin rays; 12–17 anal-fin rays; photophores present on isthmus; OP 3; IC 39–48; OA 18–25; 14–36 gill rakers (Grey, 1964; Gorbunova, 1972; Johnson, Feltes, 1984; Schaefer et al., 1986b). Five valid species (Fricke et al., 2022).