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Notoscopelus
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Species
オオクチイワシ属
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderMyctophiformes
- FamilyMyctophidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded7,686
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 173
- With media
- 25
- Family
- Myctophidae
- Collections
- ICML-UNAM, OS, SIO, NHMUK, TCWC, NMV
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Western Sahara, Spain, Australia, Portugal, Norway
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Notoscopelus is a genus of lanternfishes.
==Species== There are currently six recognized species in this genus: Notoscopelus bolini B. G. Nafpaktitis, 1975 Notoscopelus caudispinosus (J. Y. Johnson, 1863) (Spinetail lanternfish) Notoscopelus elongatus (O. G. Costa, 1844) Notoscopelus japonicus (S. Tanaka (I), 1908) (Japanese lanternfish) Notoscopelus kroyeri (Malm, 1861) (Lancet fish) Notoscopelus resplendens (J. Richardson, 1845) (Patchwork lampfish)
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