Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Scopelomorpha
Ordo: Myctophiformes
Familia: Myctophidae
Genus: Gymnoscopelus
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]
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.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Gymnoscopelus in FishBase. April 2012 version.
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