''Gymnoscopelus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
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 order Myctophiformes, the Myctophidae are represente ...
es. 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
The Ross Sea is a deep bay of the Southern Ocean in Antarctica, between Victoria Land and Marie Byrd Land and within the Ross Embayment, and is the southernmost sea on Earth. It derives its name from the British explorer James Clark Ross who vi ...
.
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
Myctophidae
Extant Pliocene first appearances
Taxa named by Albert Günther
Marine fish genera
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