| Dasyscopelus | |
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| Dasyscopelus asper | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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. [1] [2] [3]
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]
There are currently four recognized species in this genus: [2]
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Hygophum is a genus of lanternfishes.
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