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Dasyscopelus
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Dasyscopelus

Dasyscopelus is a genus of lanternfish, family Myctophidae.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species

Prickly Lanternfish

speciesDasyscopelus asper

Dasyscopelus obtusirostris

speciesDasyscopelus obtusirostris

Dasyscopelus selenops

speciesDasyscopelus selenops

Dasyscopelus spinosus

speciesDasyscopelus spinosus

Dasyscopelus lychnobius

speciesDasyscopelus lychnobius

Dasyscopelus brachygnathos

speciesDasyscopelus brachygnathos

Dasyscopelus orientalis

speciesDasyscopelus orientalis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1312976.