Gymnoscopelus
| Gymnoscopelus | |
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| Gymnoscopelus piabilis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Myctophiformes |
| Family: | Myctophidae |
| Genus: | Gymnoscopelus Günther, 1873 |
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Gymnoscopelus is a genus of lanternfishes. The name is from the Greek gymnos, "naked" and skopelos, "lanternfish."[2]
They can live in extremely cold water; two species, Gymnoscopelus nicholsi and , have been recorded at up to 75°S in the Ross Sea.[3]
Species[]
There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:[4]
- Andriashev, 1962
- (Lönnberg, 1905)
- (Fraser-Brunner, 1931)
- Hulley, 1981 (False-midas lanternfish)
- Hulley, 1981 (Minispotted lanternfish)
- Gymnoscopelus nicholsi (C. H. Gilbert, 1911) (Nichol's lanternfish)
- Fraser-Brunner, 1949
- Gymnoscopelus piabilis (Whitley, 1931) (Southern blacktip lanternfish)
References[]
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "Gymnoscopelus nicholsi, Nichol's lanternfish : Fisheries".
- ^ http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/508228/1/Atlas_Chap.7-Duhamel_et_al_2014-F.pdf
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Gymnoscopelus in FishBase. April 2012 version.
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