''Ceratoscopelus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

lanternfish Lanternfishes (or myctophids, from the Greek μυκτήρ ''myktḗr'', "nose" and ''ophis'', "serpent") are small mesopelagic fish of the large family Myctophidae. One of two families in the order Myctophiformes, the Myctophidae are represent ...

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus: * ''

Ceratoscopelus maderensis ''Ceratoscopelus'' is a genus of lanternfish Lanternfishes (or myctophids, from the Greek μυκτήρ ''myktḗr'', "nose" and ''ophis'', "serpent") are small mesopelagic fish of the large family Myctophidae. One of two families in the orde ...

'' ( R. T. Lowe, 1839) (Madeira lanternfish) * '' Ceratoscopelus townsendi'' ( C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889) (Dogtooth lampfish) * '' Ceratoscopelus warmingii'' ( Lütken, 1892) (Warming's lantern fish)

References

Myctophidae Extant Pliocene first appearances Marine fish genera Taxa named by Albert Günther {{Myctophiformes-stub