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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?><fishbase> 
<species pointdatarec='84'> 
<speccode>4488</speccode> 
<genus link='https://www.fishbase.org/Eschmeyer/GeneraSummary.php?ID=Dasyscopelus'>Dasyscopelus</genus> 
<speciesfb link='https://www.fishbase.org/Eschmeyer/PiscesSummary.php?ID=4488'>asper</speciesfb> 
<author casrefno='3740' link='https://www.fishbase.org/Eschmeyer/EschmeyerSummary.php?RefNo=3740'>(Richardson, 1845)</author> 
<family link='https://www.fishbase.org/summary/FamilySummary.php?ID=167'>Myctophidae</family> 
<commonname>Lanternfishes</commonname> 
<subfamily>Myctophinae</subfamily> 
<order link='https://www.fishbase.org/summary/ordersSummary.php?order=Myctophiformes'>Myctophiformes</order> 
<class>Teleostei</class> 
<fbname>Prickly lanternfish</fbname>
<distribution>Western Atlantic:  20°N to Brazil including the Gulf of Mexico, with expatriates in the slope water region.  Eastern Atlantic:  Mauritania to South Africa (Agulhas water pockets).  Northwest Atlantic:  Canada (Ref. 5951).  Indo-Pacific:  north and south equatorial currents and equatorial countercurrents, and in the east Australian and Agulhas currents.  Also in the Eastern Central Pacific (Ref. 9325).  Larvae found in Taiwan Strait (Ref. 43570). South China Sea and East China Sea (Ref.74511).</distribution> 
<picname src='https://www.fishbase.org/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Myasp_u0.gif' link='https://www.fishbase.org/photos/ThumbnailsSummary.php?ID=4488' alt='Show available picture(s) for Dasyscopelus asper'></picname> 
</species> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FB 2745897</catID> 
<lat>15 n</lat> 
<long>112 e</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>350 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1898863</catID> 
<lat>0 N</lat> 
<long>139 W</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>80 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1899770</catID> 
<lat>3 N</lat> 
<long>142 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>110 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1899771</catID> 
<lat>3 N</lat> 
<long>142 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>500 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1899772</catID> 
<lat>3 N</lat> 
<long>142 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>120 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1899773</catID> 
<lat>8 N</lat> 
<long>120 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>330 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1899774</catID> 
<lat>8 N</lat> 
<long>120 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>120 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1899775</catID> 
<lat>8 N</lat> 
<long>120 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>500 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1899776</catID> 
<lat>8 N</lat> 
<long>120 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>400 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1899777</catID> 
<lat>8 N</lat> 
<long>120 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>100 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1899778</catID> 
<lat>8 N</lat> 
<long>120 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>60 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1899779</catID> 
<lat>8 N</lat> 
<long>120 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>40 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1899780</catID> 
<lat>8 N</lat> 
<long>120 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>500 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1899781</catID> 
<lat>8 N</lat> 
<long>120 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>200 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1899782</catID> 
<lat>8 N</lat> 
<long>120 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>1100 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1900596</catID> 
<lat>25 N</lat> 
<long>128 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>200 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1900597</catID> 
<lat>25 N</lat> 
<long>128 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>0 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1900598</catID> 
<lat>26 N</lat> 
<long>128 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>1500 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1900599</catID> 
<lat>7 S</lat> 
<long>124 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>100 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1900600</catID> 
<lat>0 S</lat> 
<long>129 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>100 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1900601</catID> 
<lat>1 S</lat> 
<long>128 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>100 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1900602</catID> 
<lat>29 N</lat> 
<long>142 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>1000 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1900603</catID> 
<lat>5 S</lat> 
<long>130 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>1000 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1900604</catID> 
<lat>7 N</lat> 
<long>121 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>1000 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1900605</catID> 
<lat>6 N</lat> 
<long>140 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>500 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1900606</catID> 
<lat>3 N</lat> 
<long>130 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>100 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1900607</catID> 
<lat>8 N</lat> 
<long>119 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>200 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1900608</catID> 
<lat>7 N</lat> 
<long>135 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>100 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1996204</catID> 
<lat>5 S</lat> 
<long>146 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>1500 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1996205</catID> 
<lat>4 S</lat> 
<long>145 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>300 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1996206</catID> 
<lat>5 S</lat> 
<long>146 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>4600 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 418-1966</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>50 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 222200</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1928</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 479-1964</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1964</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>400 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 512-1964</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1964</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>400 - 1 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 1741-1966</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1966</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>330 - 170 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 311-1966</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1966</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>460 - 120 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 462-1966</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1966</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>320 - 150 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>GCRL 18760</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1968</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 82-1979</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1970</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>1 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 83-1970</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1970</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>1 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 84-1970</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1970</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>1 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 85-1970</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1970</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>1 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 86-1970</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1970</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>1 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 87-1970</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1970</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>1 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 88-1970</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1970</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>1 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 89-1970</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1970</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>1 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 90-1970</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1970</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>1 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 91-1970</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1970</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>1 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 92-1970</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1970</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>1 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 2140-1971</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1971</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>105 - 98 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 3354-1971</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1971</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>1 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 3355-1971</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1971</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>1 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 3356-1971</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1971</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>1 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 3357-1971</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1971</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>1 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 3358-1971</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1971</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>1 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 3359-1971</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1971</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>1 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 3360-1971</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1971</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>1 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 3361-1971</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1971</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>1 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 3362-1971</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1971</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>1 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 3363-1971</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1971</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>1 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 3364-1971</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1971</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>1 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 3365-1971</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1971</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>1 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 3366-1971</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1971</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>1 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 3367-1971</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1971</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>1 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 3368-1971</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1971</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>1 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 3369-1971</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1971</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>1 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 3370-1971</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1971</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>1 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 3371-1971</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1971</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>1 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 3372-1971</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1971</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>1 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 3373-1971</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1971</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>1 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 3374-1971</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1971</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>1 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>GCRL 18579</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1974</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 1014-1974</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1974</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>150 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 1017-1974</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1974</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>350 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 1039-1974</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1974</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>550 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 1059-1974</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1974</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>2000 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 1080-1974</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1974</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>350 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 1107-1974</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1974</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>550 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 1130-1974</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1974</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>145 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 922-1974</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1974</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>352 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 937-1974</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1974</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>550 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 974-1974</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1974</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>550 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 136-1979</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1979</year> 
<nameused>Myctophum asperum</nameused> 
<depth>150 - 30 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
</fishbase>