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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?><fishbase> 
<species pointdatarec='30'> 
<speccode>99</speccode> 
<genus link='https://www.fishbase.org/Eschmeyer/GeneraSummary.php?ID=Alepisaurus'>Alepisaurus</genus> 
<speciesfb link='https://www.fishbase.org/Eschmeyer/PiscesSummary.php?ID=99'>ferox</speciesfb> 
<author casrefno='2825' link='https://www.fishbase.org/Eschmeyer/EschmeyerSummary.php?RefNo=2825'>Lowe, 1833</author> 
<family link='https://www.fishbase.org/summary/FamilySummary.php?ID=171'>Alepisauridae</family> 
<commonname>Lancetfishes</commonname> 
<subfamily></subfamily> 
<order link='https://www.fishbase.org/summary/ordersSummary.php?order=Aulopiformes'>Aulopiformes</order> 
<class>Teleostei</class> 
<fbname>Long snouted lancetfish</fbname>
<distribution>Circumglobal: Western Pacific (Ref. 6885, 7300); Eastern Pacific: from the Aleutian Islands to Chile, also (Ref. 2850); Western Atlantic: Gulf of Maine to the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, also  (Ref. 7251); Eastern Atlantic (Ref. 4059). Indian Ocean (Ref. 57630).  Northwest Atlantic:  Canada (Ref. 5951). South China Sea and East China Sea (Ref. 74511).</distribution> 
<picname src='https://www.fishbase.org/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Alfer_u0.jpg' link='https://www.fishbase.org/photos/ThumbnailsSummary.php?ID=99' alt='Show available picture(s) for Alepisaurus ferox'></picname> 
</species> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>UBC 660058</catID> 
<lat>19 N</lat> 
<long>156 W</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Alepisaurus borealis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>UBC 660059</catID> 
<lat>19 N</lat> 
<long>155 W</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Alepisaurus borealis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>UBC 660060</catID> 
<lat>19 N</lat> 
<long>156 W</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Alepisaurus borealis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>UBC 780096</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Alepisaurus ferox</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>UBC 780097</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Alepisaurus ferox</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>UBC 780135</catID> 
<lat>30 N</lat> 
<long>140 W</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Alepisaurus ferox</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 1714</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Alepisaurus borealis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 21517</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Alepisaurus borealis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 215892</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Alepisaurus ferox</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FB 2745953</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Alepisaurus ferox</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>not stated</catID> 
<lat>50 N</lat> 
<long>127 W</long> 
<year>1896</year> 
<nameused>Alepisaurus borealis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>GCRL 1448</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1954</year> 
<nameused>Alepisaurus ferox</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>not stated</catID> 
<lat>49 N</lat> 
<long>124 W</long> 
<year>1958</year> 
<nameused>Alepisaurus borealis</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>not stated</catID> 
<lat>50 N</lat> 
<long>145 W</long> 
<year>1958</year> 
<nameused>Alepisaurus borealis</nameused> 
<depth>732 - 732 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 69066</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1961</year> 
<nameused>Alepisaurus ferox</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 1787-1971</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1971</year> 
<nameused>Alepisaurus ferox</nameused> 
<depth>1800 - 1900 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 1880-1971</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1971</year> 
<nameused>Alepisaurus ferox</nameused> 
<depth>990 - 1010 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 2883-1971</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1971</year> 
<nameused>Alepisaurus ferox</nameused> 
<depth>1900 - 2100 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 985-1971</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1971</year> 
<nameused>Alepisaurus ferox</nameused> 
<depth>1750 - 2000 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1800273</catID> 
<lat>21 N</lat> 
<long>175 E</long> 
<year>1972</year> 
<nameused>Alepisaurus borealis</nameused> 
<depth>1275 - 1275 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1800261</catID> 
<lat>21 N</lat> 
<long>175 E</long> 
<year>1972</year> 
<nameused>Alepisaurus borealis</nameused> 
<depth>1265 - 1265 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 1800126</catID> 
<lat>19 N</lat> 
<long>164 E</long> 
<year>1972</year> 
<nameused>Alepisaurus borealis</nameused> 
<depth>1420 - 1420 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 582-1973</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1973</year> 
<nameused>Alepisaurus ferox</nameused> 
<depth>2700 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 488-1976</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1976</year> 
<nameused>Alepisaurus ferox</nameused> 
<depth>2000 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 684-1976</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1976</year> 
<nameused>Alepisaurus ferox</nameused> 
<depth>2000 - 2400 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 3435-1979</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1979</year> 
<nameused>Alepisaurus ferox</nameused> 
<depth>1004 - 1008 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>ISH 3748-1979</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1979</year> 
<nameused>Alepisaurus ferox</nameused> 
<depth>1007 - 1016 m</depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 96762</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1986</year> 
<nameused>Alepisaurus ferox</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 94625</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1992</year> 
<nameused>Alepisaurus ferox</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 231015</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1995</year> 
<nameused>Alepisaurus ferox</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
</fishbase>