Gymnoscopelus
# Gymnoscopelus

Gymnoscopelus is a genus of lanternfishes. The name is from the Greek gymnos, "naked" and skopelos, "lanternfish."

They can live in extremely cold water; two species, Gymnoscopelus nicholsi and Gymnoscopelus braueri, have been recorded at up to 75°S in the Ross Sea.

## Species

There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:

* Gymnoscopelus bolini Andriashev, 1962
* Gymnoscopelus braueri (Lönnberg, 1905)
* Gymnoscopelus fraseri (Fraser-Brunner, 1931)
* Gymnoscopelus hintonoides Hulley, 1981 (False-midas lanternfish)
* Gymnoscopelus microlampas Hulley, 1981 (Minispotted lanternfish)
* Gymnoscopelus nicholsi (C. H. Gilbert, 1911) (Nichol's lanternfish)
* Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus Fraser-Brunner, 1949
* Gymnoscopelus piabilis (Whitley, 1931) (Southern blacktip lanternfish)
