Scopelus frosti Vorstman 1927 (lanternfish)

Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Full reference: A. G. Vorstman. 1927. Tertiaire Wischotolieten van Java. Dienst van den Mijnbouw in Nederlandsch-Oost-Indiƫ Wetenschappelijke Mededeelingen 5:1-24

Belongs to Scopelus according to A. G. Vorstman 1927

Sister taxa: Myctophum (Scopelus) evermani, Myctophum (Scopelus) humboldti, Myctophum (Scopelus) rufinum, Scopelus argenteus, Scopelus biarritzensis, Scopelus ellipticus, Scopelus excavatus, Scopelus fragilis, Scopelus incisus, Scopelus kokeni, Scopelus lacertosus, Scopelus laminatus, Scopelus latirostratus, Scopelus mammatus, Scopelus mediterraneus, Scopelus obliquus, Scopelus papuensis, Scopelus pulcher, Scopelus regularis, Scopelus splendidus, Scopelus sulcatus, Scopelus tenuis, Scopelus tutamoensis

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Scopelus frosti in the database

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