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Sternoptyx obscura Garman, 1899. Dusky Hatchetfish. To 4.5 cm (1.8 in) SL (Baird in Smith and Heemstra<br />
1986). Pacific and Indian oceans; Japan (Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984), central <strong>California</strong> to Peru–Chile<br />
border (Baird 1971). Primarily mesopelagic, at depths <strong>of</strong> 190–1,130 m (623–3,706 ft) (min.: LACM<br />
38817.009; max.: LACM 39275.014).<br />
Sternoptyx pseudobscura Baird, 1971. Highlight Hatchetfish. To 7 cm (2.8 in) SL (Aizawa in Nakabo 2002).<br />
Circumglobal; Japan (Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984); British Columbia (Peden 1975) to Chile (Baird 1971).<br />
Primarily mesopelagic, at depths <strong>of</strong> 156–1,500 m (492–4,920 ft) (min.: LACM 9071.016; Quéro et al. in<br />
Quéro et al. 1990).<br />
Family Phosichthyidae — Lightfishes<br />
<strong>The</strong> family name is also seen as Photichthyidae. <strong>The</strong> correct spelling <strong>of</strong> the type genus for the family is<br />
Phosichthys (Eschmeyer 1998) and most authors now use the spelling Phosichthyidae.<br />
Ichthyococcus elongatus Imai, 1941. Slim Lightfish. To about 13 cm (5.1 in) SL (Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984).<br />
Japan (Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984) and southern Kuril Islands (Parin et al. 1995) to near Vancouver<br />
Island (Peden and Hughes 1986), British Columbia to southern Baja <strong>California</strong> (Berry and Perkins<br />
1966). Mesopelagic (Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984).<br />
Ichthyococcus irregularis Rechnitzer & Böhlke, 1958. Bulldog Lightfish. To 6.3 cm (2.5 in) SL (SIO 93-300).<br />
Monterey, central <strong>California</strong> to Colombia, including Islas Galápagos (Rechnitzer and Böhlke 1958).<br />
Mesopelagic and bathypelagic (Watson in Moser 1996).<br />
Vinciguerria lucetia (Garman, 1899). Panama Lightfish. To 6 cm (2.4 in) SL (Savinykh 1999). Larvae found<br />
as far north as <strong>of</strong>f San Francisco, northern <strong>California</strong> and metamorphosing individuals found as far<br />
north as central <strong>California</strong> (34°54'W; Ahlstrom and Counts 1958) to northern Chile (Sielfeld et al.<br />
1995), including Gulf <strong>of</strong> <strong>California</strong> (De La Cruz-Agüero and Galván-Magaña 1992). Surface (Ahlstrom<br />
and Counts 1958) to at least 400 m (1,312 ft; Lavenberg and Ebeling 1967).<br />
Vinciguerria nimbaria (Jordan & Williams, 1895). Oceanic Lightfish. To about 5.1 cm (2 in) TL (Eschmeyer<br />
and Herald 1983). Circumglobal; Japan (Aizawa in Nakabo 2002); well <strong>of</strong>f northern <strong>California</strong> (Berry<br />
and Perkins 1966) and <strong>of</strong>f La Jolla, southern <strong>California</strong> (Ahlstrom and Counts 1958) to Chile (Pequeño<br />
1989). “Very close to surface” noted during daylight hours in equatorial Atlantic Ocean (Marchal and<br />
Lebourges 1996) to 549 m (1,801 ft; Grey 1964).<br />
Vinciguerria poweriae (Cocco, 1838). Highseas Lightfish. To 4.3 cm (1.7 in) SL (McEachran and Fechhelm<br />
1998). Circumglobal; Japan (Aizawa in Nakabo 2002); Vancouver Island, British Columbia (Ahlstrom<br />
and Counts 1958) to Chile (Pequeño 1989). At depths <strong>of</strong> 50–600 m (164–1,968 ft) or more (Watson in<br />
Moser 1996).<br />
Woodsia nonsuchae (Beebe, 1932). To 12 cm (4.7 in) SL (Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984). Pacific and Atlantic;<br />
Japan (Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984); southern <strong>California</strong> (33°54'N, 120°38'W; SIO 97-55). At depths <strong>of</strong><br />
530–1,335 m (1,738–4,379 ft; Watson in Moser 1996).<br />
Family Stomiidae — Barbeled Dragonfishes or Dragonfishes<br />
This family includes various forms such as loosejaws, viperfishes, and snaggletooths, and some <strong>of</strong> those names<br />
are appropriate for the subfamilies.<br />
Aristostomias scintillans (Gilbert, 1915). Shining Loosejaw. To 23 cm (9 in) TL (Fitch and Lavenberg 1968).<br />
Well <strong>of</strong>f British Columbia (50°13'N, 138°26'W; Aron 1960) and Washington (48°13'N; Weinberg et<br />
al. 2002) to southern Baja <strong>California</strong> (23°17'N, 120°33'W; SIO 66-156); also near equator (7°N; SIO<br />
88-170). Reported from Bering Sea, probably in error (Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Primarily mesopelagic,<br />
recorded from depths <strong>of</strong> 29–1,194 m (95–3,940 ft) (min.: Aron 1960; max.: Lauth 1999).<br />
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