Gymnoscopelus
Genus of fishes
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Gymnoscopelus is a genus of lanternfishes. The name is from the Greek gymnos, "naked" and skopelos, "lanternfish."[2]
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| Gymnoscopelus piabilis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Myctophiformes |
| Family: | Myctophidae |
| Genus: | Gymnoscopelus Günther, 1873 |
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They can live in extremely cold water; two species, Gymnoscopelus nicholsi and Gymnoscopelus braueri, have been recorded at up to 75°S in the Ross Sea.[3]
Species
There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:[4]
- Gymnoscopelus bolini Andriashev, 1962
- Gymnoscopelus braueri (Lönnberg, 1905)
- Gymnoscopelus fraseri (Fraser-Brunner, 1931)
- Gymnoscopelus hintonoides Hulley, 1981 (False-midas lanternfish)
- Gymnoscopelus microlampas Hulley, 1981 (Minispotted lanternfish)
- Gymnoscopelus nicholsi (C. H. Gilbert, 1911) (Nichol's lanternfish)
- Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus Fraser-Brunner, 1949
- Gymnoscopelus piabilis (Whitley, 1931) (Southern blacktip lanternfish)
