Gymnoscopelus
Temporal range: Pliocene to Present[1]
Gymnoscopelus piabilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Myctophiformes
Family: Myctophidae
Genus: Gymnoscopelus
Günther, 1873
Species

See text.

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 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]

References

  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
  2. "Gymnoscopelus nicholsi, Nichol's lanternfish : Fisheries".
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-02-14. Retrieved 2020-03-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Gymnoscopelus in FishBase. April 2012 version.


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