Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Stomiiformes
Family: Phosichthyidae Lightfishes

Genus: Ichthyococcus

(See list of species below)


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7 species (see list below)
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Max. Length 12 cm TL
 
Ichthyococcus australis
[Southern lightfish]

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

North Pacific
Max. Length 13 cm SL
Ichthyococcus elongatus Imai, 1941

Photo by Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
 
Ichthyococcus elongatus
[Slim lightfish]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.3 cm SL
 
Ichthyococcus intermedius
[Intermediate lightfish]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.6 cm SL
 
Ichthyococcus irregularis
[Bulldog lightfish]

Photo by Costa, F.

Circumglobal except North
Max. Length 8.5 cm SL
Ichthyococcus ovatus (Cocco, 1838)

Photo by Photo by Costa, F.
 
Ichthyococcus ovatus
[Lightfish]
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Max. Length 4.9 cm SL
 
Ichthyococcus parini
[]

Photo by JAMARC

Atlantic Ocean
Max. Length 9.1 cm SL
Ichthyococcus polli Blache, 1964

Photo by Photo by JAMARC
 
Ichthyococcus polli
[]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Ichthyococcus australis Southern lightfish Circumglobal in the sub-t 12 TL 1980
Ichthyococcus elongatus Slim lightfish North Pacific 13 SL 1941
Ichthyococcus intermedius Intermediate lightfish Pacific Ocean 5.3 SL 1980
Ichthyococcus irregularis Bulldog lightfish Eastern Pacific 7.6 SL 1958
Ichthyococcus ovatus Lightfish Circumglobal except North 8.5 SL 1838
Ichthyococcus parini Indian Ocean 4.9 SL 1980
Ichthyococcus polli Atlantic Ocean 9.1 SL 1964



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