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The gonostomatid lightfishes rank second only to myctophid lantern-fishes in abundance in the sea. The gonostomatid genus Cyolothone has been singled out as the most abundant group of fishes in the ocean. These observations were based on abundance of adults in mid-water trawl hauls. If abundance is based on larvae, the gonostomatid genus Vinciguerria could be the most numerous group of fishes in the ocean. Without attempting to decide whether Cyolothone or Vinciguerria ranks first in abundance, we can assume that the gonostomatids obviously are an important group of oceanic fishes.
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Ahlstrom, E.H. (1974). The Diverse Patterns of Metamorphosis in Gonostomatid Fishes — An Aid to Classification. In: Blaxter, J.H.S. (eds) The Early Life History of Fish. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65852-5_52
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