Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Stomiiformes - velkoústí
Čeleď: Phosichthyidae - světelníkovití

Typový druh: Maurolicus attenuatus Cocco, 1838

Reference: Goode G. B. & Bean T. H. 1896. Oceanic Ichthyology, a treatise on the deep-sea and pelagic fishes of the world, based chiefly upon the collections made by the steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the northwestern Atlantic, with an atlas containing 417 figures. Spec. Bull. U. S. Natl. Mus. No. 2. Text: i-xxxv + 1-26 + 1-553.

Přehled druhů

• Vinciguerria attenuata (Cocco, 1838)
  Světelník štíhloocasý
  Cocco, A. 1838. Su di alcuni salmonidi del mare di Messina. Nuovi Ann. Sci. Nat. Bologna Anno 1 Tomo 2 (fasc. 9): 161-194, Pls. 5-8.
• Vinciguerria lucetia (Garman, 1899)
  Světelník pacifický
  Garman, S. 1899. The Fishes. In: Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands ... by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891 ... No. XXVI. Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. v. 24: Text: 1-431, Atlas: Pls. 1-85 + A-M.
• Vinciguerria mabahiss Johnson & Feltes, 1984
  Světelník rudomořský
  Johnson, R. K. & R. M. Feltes. 1984. A new species of Vinciguerria (Salmoniformes: Photichthyidae) from the Red Sea and Gulf of Aqaba, with comments on the depauperacy of the Red Sea mesopelagic fish fauna. Fieldiana Zool. (N. S.) No. 22: i-vi + 1-35.
• Vinciguerria nimbaria (Jordan & Williams, 1895)
  Světelník oceánský
  Jordan, D. S. & E. C. Starks. 1895. The fishes of Puget Sound. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. (Ser. 2) v. 5: 785-855, Pls. 76-104.
• Vinciguerria poweriae (Cocco, 1838)
  Světelník Powerové
  Cocco, A. 1838. Su di alcuni salmonidi del mare di Messina. Nuovi Ann. Sci. Nat. Bologna Anno 1 Tomo 2 (fasc. 9): 161-194, Pls. 5-8.

Statistické údaje

Počet druhů: 5