Gymnoscopelus
| Gymnoscopelus Temporal range: 5–0 Ma | |
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| Gymnoscopelus piabilis | |
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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.
Species
There are currently eight recognized species in this genus: [2]
- 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)
References
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Gymnoscopelus in FishBase. April 2012 version.
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