Species that contain: Myctophum and asperum [ 2 ] records

asperum, Myctophum Richardson [J.] 1845:41, Pl. 27 (figs. 13-15) [Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror v. 2 (2); ref. 3740] No locality stated. Lectotype: BMNH 1855.9.19.1529. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1855.9.19.1530 (1). Lectotype selected by Wisner 1970:365 [ref. 19274]. •Valid as Myctophum asperum Richardson 1845 -- (Paxton 1979:15 [ref. 6440], Fujii in Okamura et al. 1982:111, 341 [ref. 8256], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:66 [ref. 6441], Okamura in Okamura & Kitajima 1984:185, 350 [ref. 8057], Hulley 1986:313 [ref. 5672], Scott & Scott 1988:227 [ref. 25518], Paxton et al. 1989:266 [ref. 12442], McAllister 1990:109 [ref. 14674], Hulley 1990:453 [ref. 15273], Paxton et al. in Fischer et al. 1995:1321 [ref. 22830], Shinohara et al. 1996:166 [ref. 26605], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:666 [ref. 23897], Fricke 1999:97 [ref. 24106], Paxton & Hulley 1999:1963 [ref. 24748], Nakabo 2000:384 [ref. 25086], Paxton & Hulley in Randall & Lim 2000:594 [ref. 25122], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:151 [ref. 27754], Wang & Chen 2001:116 [ref. 25464], Hutchins 2001:20 [ref. 25847], Shinohara et al. 2001:301 [ref. 25995], Chen 2002:139 [ref. 26587], Nakabo 2002:384 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:203, 535 [ref. 26218], Santos et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:56 [ref. 27192], Hartel & Craddock 2003:951 [ref. 27005], Moore et al. 2003:202 [ref. 27076], Shinohara et al. 2005:412 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:227 [ref. 28379], Paxton et al. 2006:525 [ref. 28994], Fricke et al. 2011:362 [ref. 31242], Fricke et al. 2014:30 [ref. 33932], Shinohara et al. 2014:239 [ref. 33330], Parin et al. 2014:158 [ref. 33547], Robertson & Clements 2015:670 [ref. 34257], Hulley 2016:1915 [ref. 34576], Motomura et al. 2017:53 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:79 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:68 [ref. 36673], Fermon et al. 2022:192 [ref. 39448]). •Valid as Dasyscopelus asper (Richardson 1845) -- (Martin et al. 2018:83 [ref. 35716] as asperum, Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:57 [ref. 37828], Sutton et al. 2020:209 [ref. 37832], Eduardo et al. 2022:7 [ref. 39574], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:81 [ref. 41223], Page et al. 2023:94 [ref. 40505], Reading & Horton 2023:13 [ref. 41317]). Current status: Valid as Dasyscopelus asper (Richardson 1845). Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical through warm temperate seas. Habitat: marine.

naufragus, Dasyscopelus Waite [E. R.] 1904:154, Pl. 18 (fig. 3) [Records of the Australian Museum v. 5 (no. 3); ref. 4561] Lord Howe Island. Syntypes: AMS I.5537-55 (19), I.5557-61 (5), IB.4178 [ex I.5556] (1); BMNH 1926.6.30.80 (1); CAS-SU 20171 (5). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:18 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Myctophum asperum Richardson 1845 -- (Paxton 1979:15 [ref. 6440], Hulley 1990:453 [ref. 15273]). •Synonym of Dasyscopelus asper (Richardson 1845). Current status: Synonym of Dasyscopelus asper (Richardson 1845). Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Habitat: marine.