Order Stomiiformes Family Phosichthyidae(Lightfishes) Power's lightfish Vinciguerria poweriae(Cocco, 1838). 4.3 cm TL Korean name/pa-weo-eui-la-i-teu-pi-si(파워의 라이트피시) Japanese name/Oki-uki-esoChinese name/強串光魚 D/spines 0, soft rays 13-15. A/spines 0, soft rays 12-15 Vertebrae/38 - 41.
Distribution; Circumglobal in tropical and subtropical waters. Eastern Atlantic/Portugal to Cape Verde, including the Mediterranean. Western Atlantic/Gulf of Mexico. Northwest Atlantic/Canada. Western Pacific/South and East China Sea, japan, Korea, Australia(including Western Australia and Tasmania) and New Zealand. Eastern Pacific/Seaward edge of the California Current region; also found in Chile. General; The Korea’s National Institute of Fishery Science of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced that 23 unrecorded species of juvenile fish were found in Korea in a survey conducted between 2017 and 2018. Power's lightfish(Vinciguerria poweriae) is included in this findings. Korean name unknown or not decided yet. Vinciguerria poweriae(known as Power's lightfish, also known as Power's deep-water bristle-mouth fish) is a species of lightfish belonging to the genus Vinciguerria. Vinciguerria poweriae has a global distribution in subtropical waters. They make a diel vertical migration, being 300–600 metres(1,000–2,000 ft) deep during the day and rising to 50–350 metres(160–1,150 ft) at night. Vinciguerria poweriae is a moderately slender and elongate fish growing to a length of about 43 mm(1.7 in). The eyes are widely spaced and are not tubular, and the mouth is large, with a single row of teeth of varying length. The dorsal fin has 13 to 15 soft rays and is set in front of a small adipose fin(a small fleshy fin without supporting rays). The pectoral fins have 9 to 11 soft rays, the pelvic fins 7 and the anal fin 12 to 14. There are photophores(light-producing organs) on the lower half of the head and in two rows on the underside of the fish. The dorsal surface of the body is dark, the flanks are silvery and the fins are colourless. Dark pigment streak at lower jaw symphysis and over premaxilla; They feed mostly on copepods of small crustaceans. Oviparous, with planktonic eggs and larvae. Spawning occurs mostly in spring and summer. Spawning takes place throughout the year in Mediterranean.
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