Gymnoscopelus piabilis
Gymnoscopelus piabilis, the Southern blacktip lanternfish is a species of lanternfish found circumglobally in the Southern Hemisphere between about 46° and 52°S, at depths below 100 metres (330 ft) at night. This species grows to a length of 14.6 centimetres (5.7 in) SL. It is a mesopelagic-benthopelagic species.
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Myctophiformes |
| Family: | Myctophidae |
| Genus: | Gymnoscopelus |
| Species: | G. piabilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Gymnoscopelus piabilis (Whitley, 1931) | |
Bibliography
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Gymnoscopelus piabilis" in FishBase. April 2012 version.
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