''Photonectes venetaenia'' is a species of deep-sea

fish A fish (: fish or fishes) is an aquatic animal, aquatic, Anamniotes, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fish fin, fins and craniate, a hard skull, but lacking limb (anatomy), limbs with digit (anatomy), digits. Fish can ...

in the genus ''

Photonectes ''Photonectes'' is a genus of fish in the family (biology), family Stomiidae found in Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean. Species There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus: * ''Photonectes achirus'' Ch ...

''. The species has been documented in the

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five Borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is ...

, and adults can reach a maximum length of ~8.9 centimeters.

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Stomiidae {{Stomiiformes-stub