| Gymnoscopelus Temporal range: 5–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Pliocene to Present | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Myctophiformes |
| Family: | Myctophidae |
| Genus: | Gymnoscopelus Günther, 1873 |
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Gymnoscopelus is a genus of lanternfishes. The name is from the Greek gymnos, "naked" and skopelos, "lanternfish."
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.
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)
References
- Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- "Gymnoscopelus nicholsi, Nichol's lanternfish : Fisheries".
- "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) - Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Gymnoscopelus". FishBase. April 2012 version.
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