- Source: Gymnoscopelus
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.
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
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Ikan lentera
- Gymnoscopelus
- Gymnoscopelus piabilis
- Lanternfish
- Southern elephant seal
- List of largest fish
- List of non-avian biota of Heard Island and McDonald Islands
- List of southernmost items
- P. Alexander Hulley
- List of marine vertebrates of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay
- List of prehistoric bony fish genera
