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Gillellus arenicola Gilbert, 1890. Sandloving Stargazer or Sandy Stargazer. To 5.5 cm (2.2 in) TL (Allen
and Robertson 1994). Punta Marquis (23°57'N, 110°52'W; SIO 62-704) and Cabo San Lucas area,
southern Baja California; Oaxaca and Colima, Mexico (Dawson 1977). At depths of 10–40 m (33–131 ft;
Robertson and Allen 2002).
*Gillellus ornatus Gilbert, 1892. Ornate Sand-Stargazer or Ornate Stargazer. To 6 cm (2.4 in) TL (Robertson
and Allen 2002). Near tip of Baja California and in central and southern Gulf of California (Robertson
and Allen 2002). At depths of 2–55 m (6–180 ft) (min.: SIO 65-297; max.: Robertson and Allen 2002).
Gillellus semicinctus Gilbert, 1890. Halfbanded Stargazer or Smooth-tip Sand Stargazer. To 5.2 cm (2 in)
TL (Allen and Robertson 1994). Isla Guadalupe and vicinity of Punta Eugenia, central Baja California
to Colombia, including Gulf of California, Islas Galápagos (Watson in Moser 1996), and other offshore
islands (Robertson and Allen 2002). At depths of 5–137 m (17–449 ft; Dawson 1977).
Heteristius cinctus (Osburn & Nichols, 1916). Banded Sand Stargazer or Banded Stargazer. To 4.5 cm (1.8 in)
TL (Allen and Robertson 1994). Bahia Magdalena, southern Baja California to Cabo San Francisco,
Ecuador (Dawson 1977), including mouth of Gulf of California (Robertson and Allen 2002). At depths
of 1–27 m (3–89 ft; Dawson 1977).
Myxodagnus opercularis Gill, 1861. Dart Stargazer. To 9.1 cm (3.6 in) TL (Robertson and Allen 2002).
Punta Hughes (about 29°45'N), southern Baja California and Gulf of California (Dawson 1976) to
Costa Rica and some offshore islands (Robertson and Allen 2002). Intertidal area and to 20 m (66 ft)
(min.: Dawson 1976; max.: Robertson and Allen 2002).
Family Chiasmodontidae — Swallowers
Chiasmodon niger Johnson, 1864. Black Swallower. To 25.0 cm (9.8 in) SL (UW 47234), and “probably
exceeding” this length (Johnson and Keene in Quéro et al. 1990). Widespread in temperate to tropical
waters; in Atlantic north to Greenland (Krefft in Hureau and Monod 1973); Japan and southern Kuril
Islands (Parin et al. 1995); in mid-North Pacific recorded north to 43°N (Mecklenburg et al. 2002);
in eastern North Pacific from Washington (47°33'N, 125°19'W; UW 45555) to southern California
(32°43'N, 117°39'W; SIO 51-148) and in the south, Panama (5°52'N, 85°02'W; SIO 96-137) to Chile
(20°19'S, 71°15'W; SIO 72-180). Larvae of this species have been taken off Colombia (Beltrán-León
and Rios Herrara 2000). Mesopelagic and bathypelagic, recorded to about 2,740 m (8,989 ft), most
specimens taken below 750 m (2,461 ft; Mecklenburg et al. 2002).
Dysalotus oligoscolus Johnson & Cohen, 1974. To 22.7 cm (8.9 in) SL (Johnson and Cohen 1974). Widespread
in temperate to tropical waters except not recorded from North Atlantic; southern California to Gulf of
California (Johnson and Cohen 1974). Bathypelagic, taken in nets towed as deep as 3,580 m (11,745 ft;
Johnson and Cohen 1974).
Kali indica Lloyd, 1909. Shortnose Swallower. To 26.2 cm (10.3 in) SL (Johnson and Cohen 1974). Widespread,
typically in temperate to tropical waters; off northern Honshu, Japan (Shinohara et al. 1996); eastern
Bering Sea (58°22'N, 175°01'W; Yabe et al. 1981) and off Vancouver Island, southern British Columbia
(G. E. Gillespie, pers. comm. to M. L. and C. W. M.) to central Baja California (Johnson and Cohen
1974). Mesopelagic and bathypelagic, recorded to about 2,870 m (9,416 ft), most adults taken at depths
greater than 900 m (2,953 ft; Mecklenburg et al. 2002).
Kali macrodon (Norman, 1929). To 26.0 cm (10.2 in) SL (Johnson and Cohen 1974). Widespread in
temperate to tropical waters, a few records from subarctic North Atlantic (Moore et al. 2003); southern
Baja California (Johnson and Cohen 1974). Bathypelagic, most records deeper than 1,500 m (4,920 ft;
Johnson and Keene in Quéro et al. 1990).
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