Gymnoscopelus

Updated on Dec 30, 2023

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Kingdom Animalia Family Myctophidae Phylum Chordata Order Myctophiformes		Class Actinopterygii Scientific name Gymnoscopelus Rank Genus

Similar Electrona, Lampadena, Bolinichthys

Gymnoscopelus is a genus of lanternfishes.

Species

There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:

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)

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