Dasyscopelus Günther 1864 (lanternfish)

Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Parent taxon: Myctophinae according to R. P. Martin et al. 2018

See also Fraser-Brunner 1949

Sister taxa: Antimyctophum, Benthosema, Centrobranchus, Ctenoscopelus, Diogenichthys, Electrona, Gonichthys, Krefftichthys, Loweina, Metelectrona, Myctophini, Protomyctophum, Symbolophorus, Tarletonbeania

Subtaxa: Dasyscopelus orientalis

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Dasyscopelus in the database

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