Gymnoscopelus piabilis
| Gymnoscopelus piabilis | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Myctophiformes |
| Family: | Myctophidae |
| Genus: | Gymnoscopelus |
| Species: | G. piabilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Gymnoscopelus piabilis (Whitley, 1931)
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Gymnoscopelus piabilis, the Southern blacktip lanternfish is a species of lanternfish found circumglobally in the Southern Hemisphere between about 46° and 52°S, at depths below 100 metres (330 ft) at night. This species grows to a length of 14.6 centimetres (5.7 in) SL. It is a mesopelagic-benthopelagic species.
Bibliography[]
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Gymnoscopelus piabilis" in FishBase. April 2012 version.
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- Fish described in 1931
- Taxa named by Gilbert Percy Whitley
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