Vinciguerria lucetia is a mesopelagic fish whose larvae show an almost permanent
presence in the southern portion of the California Current System. Due to its sensitivity to
environmental changes, the species has been considered an indicator of water masses and
interannual variability. Fish larvae abundance registered from 1997 to 2015 by the program
Investigaciones Mexicanas de la Corriente de California was used to predict the abundance
distribution of V. lucetia larvae under two extreme thermal conditions (2000 La Niña and …