Ceratoscopelus
{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|5|0}}
Early Pliocene to Present{{cite journal
|last=Sepkoski
|first=Jack
|title=A compendium of fossil marine animal genera
|journal=Bulletins of American Paleontology
|volume=364
|page=560
|date=2002
|url=http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class
|access-date=2007-12-25
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220223520/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class
|archive-date=2009-02-20
}}
| image = Ceratoscopelus maderensis.jpg
| image_caption = Madeira Lanternfish C. maderensis
| taxon = Ceratoscopelus
| authority = Günther, 1864
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text.
}}
Ceratoscopelus is a genus of lanternfish.
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:{{FishBase genus | genus = Ceratoscopelus| month = April | year = 2012}}
- Ceratoscopelus maderensis (R. T. Lowe, 1839) (Madeira lanternfish)
- Ceratoscopelus townsendi (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889) (Dogtooth lampfish)
- Ceratoscopelus warmingii (Lütken, 1892) (Warming's lantern fish)
References
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Category:Extant Pliocene first appearances
Category:Taxa named by Albert Günther
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