''Dysalotus alcocki'' is a species of deep sea fish, a swallower, from the family

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which is found in the tropical and temperate oceans around the world. The adults fed mainly on fish. The juveniles and larvae are most frequently recorded from shallower waters while adults are mostly caught from depths of over . The generic name is derived from the Greek ''dysalotos'' which means "difficult to catch" and the

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honours the English zoologist Alfred William Alcock (1859-1933).

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q2297895 Chiasmodontidae Fish described in 1905