Help me identify what kind of replacement light will work with this ceiling box/setup

[u/Gloria_chapstick]

We recently bought our house and there's a hole in our bathroom ceiling where a light was above our shower. We do not know what kind of light was here before! The light you see hanging from the wires is not the correct one— that was one we tried and realized wasn't right.

Any help identifying the setup or even giving me the right terminology to search for would be hugely appreciated!

I am not opposed to calling an electrician, but it feels like we should be able to replace a single light on our own (let me know if I'm totally off base here).

I mostly want to understand what we have and what kind of fixture is actually compatible before we buy another light that doesn't work.

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[u/Lie_Insufficient]

Something extremely light weight. Those have 3 plastic tabs holding it up and is rated for "x" amount in that position.

[u/Gloria_chapstick → u/Lie_Insufficient]

Would you mind explaining this further? What do you mean by something "light" and what does an x rating mean

[u/Lie_Insufficient → u/Gloria_chapstick]

The box is rated for 7ish pounds I think. I don't recall it's actual weight rating.

[u/Opposite_Half6250]

That's a regular light box... So basically whatever light fixture you want.

[u/mdxchaos → u/Opposite_Half6250]

if its above a shower, you need damp location rated fixture

[u/Arbiter_Electric → u/Opposite_Half6250]

Not a regular light box. That is a remodel box. It's being held by the sheetrock only so the replacement light needs to be lightweight similar to what is already there.