Gymnoscopelus Explained

Gymnoscopelus is a genus of lanternfishes. The name is from the Greek gymnos, "naked" and skopelos, "lanternfish."^[1]

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.^[2]

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

1. Web site: Gymnoscopelus nicholsi, Nichol's lanternfish : Fisheries.
2. Web site: Archived copy . 2020-03-24 . 2019-02-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190214181231/http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/508228/1/Atlas_Chap.7-Duhamel_et_al_2014-F.pdf . dead .