Gymnoscopelus

Gymnoscopelus is a genus of lanternfishes. The name is from the Greek gymnos, "naked" and skopelos, "lanternfish."[2]

Gymnoscopelus
Temporal range: 5–0 Ma
Pliocene to Present[1]
Gymnoscopelus piabilis
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Gymnoscopelus

Günther, 1873
Species

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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]

References

  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
  2. https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Gymnoscopelus-nicholsi
  3. http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/508228/1/Atlas_Chap.7-Duhamel_et_al_2014-F.pdf
  4. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Gymnoscopelus in FishBase. April 2012 version.


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