Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16 - 18; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 17 - 20.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Myctophiformes

Family: Myctophidae

Genus: Gymnoscopelus

Species: Gymnoscopelus fraseri (Fraser-Brunner, 1931)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Oceanic and mesopelagic (Ref. 4066). Found in the upper 100 m at night.

Habitat

bathypelagic