| Dasyscopelus | |
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| Dasyscopelus asper | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Myctophiformes |
| Family: | Myctophidae |
| Genus: | Dasyscopelus Günther, 1864 |
| Type species | |
| Myctophum asperum J. Richardson, 1845 | |
Dasyscopelus is a genus of lanternfish, family Myctophidae.
Taxonomy
Dasyscopelus was originally described as a subgenus of Scopelus (now Myctophum) by Albert Günther in 1864. Later on, starting from Bolin (1959), it was treated as a synonym of Myctophum. Dasyscopelus was resurrected and treated as full genus based on molecular data by Martin and colleagues in 2018. There are no definite morphological characters distinguishing these genera.
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:
- Dasyscopelus asper (Richardson, 1845) – prickly lanternfish
- Dasyscopelus obtusirostris (Tåning, 1928) – bluntsnout lanternfish
- Dasyscopelus selenops (Tåning, 1928) – Wisner's lantern fish
- Dasyscopelus spinosus (Steindachner, 1867) – spiny lantern fish
References
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Dasyscopelus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Dasyscopelus". FishBase. February 2024 version.
- ^ Martin, Rene P.; Olson, Emily E.; Girard, Matthew G.; Smith, Wm. Leo; Davis, Matthew P. (2018). "Light in the darkness: New perspective on lanternfish relationships and classification using genomic and morphological data". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 121: 71–85. Bibcode:2018MolPE.121...71M. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.12.029. PMID 29305244.
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