Dasyscopelus asper

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Dasyscopelus asper

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Myctophiformes
Family:	Myctophidae
Genus:	Dasyscopelus
Species:	D. asper
Binomial name
*Dasyscopelus asper* (J. Richardson, 1845)
Synonyms^[2]
Myctophum asperum Richardson, 1845 Scopelus asper (Richardson, 1845) Dasyscopelus naufragus Waite, 1904

Dasyscopelus asper, previously Myctophum asperum,^[2] common name the prickly lanternfish, is a species of deep sea fish in the family Myctophidae, the "lanternfish".^[1]^[2]^[3]

Description

This species has large eyes^[4] and grows to a maximum total length of approximately 8.5 cm (3.3 in).^[3]

Distribution

Dasyscopelus asper is found in the following regions:^[3]

Western Atlantic Ocean from 20° north to Brazil, and also occurs in the Gulf of Mexico.
Eastern Atlantic Ocean, occurring from Mauritania to South Africa in the Agulhas water pockets.
Northwest Atlantic near Canada.
Indo-Pacific in the following currents:

North and south equatorial currents
Equatorial countercurrents
East Australian and Agulhas currents

Eastern Central Pacific.
South China Sea and East China Sea

Larvae have also been found in the Taiwan Strait.^[3]

Habitat

This species is found at depths of between 425 and 750 metres during the day.^[3] At night it can ascend to depths of 125 metres to feed on plankton.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Hulley, P. (2015). "Myctophum asperum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T15600450A15603835. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T15600450A15603835.en. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Dasyscopelus asper (Richardson, 1845)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Dasyscopelus asper". FishBase. February 2024 version.
^ ^a ^b "Myctophum asperum". The Fish Datebase of Taiwan. WWW Web electronic publication (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica.

Taxon identifiers
Dasyscopelus asper	Wikidata: Q106394004 CoL: 349Z7 FishBase: 4488 GBIF: 2405880 IRMNG: 11101593 NCBI: 152771 OBIS: 317659 Open Tree of Life: 827588 WoRMS: 317659
Myctophum asperum	Wikidata: Q1038904 AFD: Myctophum_asperum BOLD: 209323 CoL: 44ZTP GBIF: 2405879 iNaturalist: 317230 IRMNG: 11423351 ITIS: 162721 IUCN: 15600450 NatureServe: 2.932628 NZOR: de2cd104-484e-48e1-b1d4-2968024178cb Open Tree of Life: 827588 Paleobiology Database: 361434 WoRMS: 158903

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