Dasyscopelus is a genus of lanternfish, family Myctophidae.
Taxonomy Dasyscopelus was originally described as a subgenus of Scopelus (now Myctophum) by Albert Günther in 1864. Later on, starting from Bolin (1959), it was treated as a synonym of Myctophum. Dasyscopelus was resurrected and treated as full genus based on molecular data by Martin and colleagues in 2018. There are no definite morphological characters distinguishing these genera.
Species There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:
Dasyscopelus asper (Richardson, 1845) (prickly lanternfish) Dasyscopelus brachygnathos (Bleeker, 1856) (short-jawed lanternfish) Dasyscopelus lychnobius Bolin, 1946 Dasyscopelus obtusirostris (Tåning, 1928) (bluntsnout lanternfish) Dasyscopelus orientalis (Gilbert, 1913) (Oriental lanternfish) Dasyscopelus selenops (Tåning, 1928) (Wisner's lantern fish) Dasyscopelus spinosus (Steindachner, 1867) (spiny lantern fish)
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