Prickly lanternfish

Dasyscopelus asper

Myctophid Fish from the East China Sea

Near the Equator
Northern Hemisphere
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
East Asia
North America
South America
Elongated
Small

Dasyscopelus asper, previously Myctophum asperum, common name the prickly lanternfish, is a species of deep sea fish in the family Myctophidae, the "lanternfish".

Class: Teleosts
Order: Lanternfishes
Family: Myctophidae
Genus: Dasyscopelus
Maximum length: 8.5 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
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).

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