Notoscopelus bolini
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| Notoscopelus bolini | |
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| Notoscopelus bolini | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Myctophiformes |
| Family: | Myctophidae |
| Genus: | Notoscopelus |
| Species: | N. bolini |
| Binomial name | |
| Notoscopelus bolini Nafpaktitis, 1975 [2] | |
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Notoscopelus bolini is a species of lanternfish belonging to the family Myctophidae. It is found in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. It was first described in 1975 by the American ichthyologist Basil Nafpaktitis and named in honour of the American marine biologist Rolf Ling Bolin who had reviewed the genus in 1959.[3]
Notoscopelus bolini can be distinguished from other members of the genus by the fact that adult males do not have a luminous gland at the top of the caudal peduncle, but do have large patches of bioluminescent tissue on the cheek and above the eye. These patches are separated from the eye by dark pigmented skin. The maximum size of this fish in the Atlantic is about 102 mm (4.0 in), but Mediterranean fish are smaller with a maximum length of 87 mm (3.4 in).[3]