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Gymnoscopelus
| Gymnoscopelus | |
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| Gymnoscopelus piabilis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Myctophiformes |
| Family: | Myctophidae |
| Genus: | Gymnoscopelus Günther, 1873 |
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Gymnoscopelus is a genus of lanternfishes. The name is from the Greek gymnos, "naked" and skopelos, "lanternfish."[2]
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]
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "Gymnoscopelus nicholsi, Nichol's lanternfish : Fisheries".
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-02-14. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
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