Dasyscopelus

Dasyscopelus
Dasyscopelus asper
Scientific classification
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. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

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. ^{[1] [3]} There are no definite morphological characters distinguishing these genera. ^[3]

Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus: ^[4]

• Dasyscopelus asper (Richardson, 1845) (prickly lanternfish)
• Dasyscopelus brachygnathos (Bleeker, 1856) (short-jawed lanternfish)
• Dasyscopelus lychnobius Bolin, 1946
• Dasyscopelus obtusirostris (Tåning, 1928) (bluntsnout lanternfish)
• Dasyscopelus orientalis (Gilbert, 1913) (Oriental lanternfish)
• Dasyscopelus selenops (Tåning, 1928) (Wisner's lantern fish)
• Dasyscopelus spinosus (Steindachner, 1867) (spiny lantern fish)

References

1. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Dasyscopelus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 17 May 2024.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Dasyscopelus". FishBase . February 2024 version.
3. 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.
4. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Dasyscopelus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 28 January 2026.