Gymnoscopelus
Sign in to saveGymnoscopelus is a genus of lanternfishes. The name is from the Greek gymnos, "naked" and skopelos, "lanternfish."
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It sits within the topics Extant Pliocene first appearances, Marine fish genera and Myctophidae.
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderMyctophiformes
- FamilyMyctophidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 551
- Family
- Myctophidae
- Collections
- NMV, YPM, SIO, USNM, LACM
- Recorded in
- Australia
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Image
- Gymnoscopelus piabilis (no common name).gif
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- Commons category
- Gymnoscopelus
- taxon name
- Gymnoscopelus
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Gymnoscopelus
- start time
- 5000000-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gymnoscopelus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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