Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 19 - 22; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 19 - 22.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Myctophiformes

Family: Myctophidae

Genus: Gymnoscopelus

Species: Gymnoscopelus bolini Andriashev, 1962

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Oceanic and mesopelagic (Ref. 4066). Found within the upper 200 m in the region of Antarctic Polar Front, but inhabits deeper northwards at night.

Habitat

benthopelagic