Myctophum asperum Richardson, 1845

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 192

Myctophum asperum Richardson, 1845

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 8.5 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathypelagic

Depth range: 0-1948 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography, preserved

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Mauritania to South Africa (Agulhas water pockets), found in the area between 22°N- 10°S, and in the Equatorial Current System, from the Gulf of Guinea down to 08°S. Records for Gabon: MNHN 1964-0453, 1964-0456, MCZ 106337- 1971, 106474-1971. Doubtful for the genus: Dasyscopelus according to Martin et al., 2018.