Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus Fraser-Brunner 1949 (lanternfish)
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Osteichthyes - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Full reference: A. Fraser-Brunner. 1949. A classification of the fishers in the Family Myctophidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 118(4):1019-1106
Belongs to Gymnoscopelus according to A. Fraser-Brunner 1949
Sister taxa: Gymnoscopelus aphya, Gymnoscopelus braueri, Gymnoscopelus fitchi, Gymnoscopelus piabilis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus in the database
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