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Ceratoscopelus

Ceratoscopelus
Temporal range: 5–0 Ma
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Early Pliocene to Present[1]
Ceratoscopelus maderensis.jpg
Madeira Lanternfish C. maderensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Myctophiformes
Family:
Myctophidae
Genus:
Ceratoscopelus

Günther, 1864
Species

See text.

Ceratoscopelus is a genus of lanternfish.

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[2]

  • Ceratoscopelus maderensis (R. T. Lowe, 1839) (Madeira lanternfish)
  • Ceratoscopelus townsendi (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889) (Dogtooth lampfish)
  • Ceratoscopelus warmingii (Lütken, 1892) (Warming's lantern fish)

References

  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Ceratoscopelus in FishBase. April 2012 version.


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