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Diplophos taenia Günther, 1873. To 27.6 cm (10.9 in) SL (Quéro et al. in Quéro et al. 1990). Circumglobal;
40°N to 30°S, not in tropical Pacific (Watson in Moser 1996). Near surface to 800 m (2,624 ft; Schaefer
et al. in Smith and Heemstra 1986).
Gonostoma atlanticum Norman, 1930. Atlantic Fangjaw. To 6.4 cm (2.6 in) SL (Grey 1964). Circumglobal;
Japan (Aizawa in Nakabo 2002); Oregon to at least Baja California (Watson in Moser 1996). At depths
of 50–2,500 m (164–8,290 ft) (min.: Quéro et al. in Quéro et al. 1990; max.: Grey 1964).
Gonostoma elongatum Günther, 1878. To 27.5 cm (10.8 in) TL (Quéro et al. in Quéro et al. 1990). Circumglobal;
well off shore from California and Baja California (Watson in Moser 1996) to Chile (Pequeño 1989). At
depths of 25–1,500 m (83–4,920 ft; Quéro et al. in Quéro et al. 1990). Recently as Sigmops elongata.
Sigmops ebelingi (Grey, 1960). To 19.7 cm (7.8 in) SL (SIO 73-140). Western and eastern Pacific; offshore
California and Baja California (Watson in Moser 1996). At depths of 125–700 m (410–2,296 ft; Watson
in Moser 1996). Recently as Gonostoma ebelingi.
Sigmops gracilis (Günther, 1878). Slender Fangjaw. To 13.3 cm (5.2 in) SL. Widespread in North Pacific
mainly north of 15°N; Bering Sea and eastern North Pacific Ocean at least as far south as British
Columbia. Primarily mesopelagic, recorded near surface to 4,389 m (14,399 ft). All in Mecklenburg et
al. (2002).
Family Sternoptychidae — Marine Hatchetfishes
Argyropelecus affinis Garman, 1899. Slender Hatchetfish. To 9.4 cm (3.7 in) SL (Jesperson 1934). Circumglobal;
Japan (Aizawa in Nakabo 2002); Oregon (Matarese et al. 1989) to northern Chile (Sielfeld et
al. 1995). Epipelagic and mesopelagic, at depths of 100–1,130 m (328–3,706 ft) (min.: Moser in Moser
1996; max.: LACM 39275.003).
Argyropelecus hemigymnus Cocco, 1829. Spurred Hatchetfish. To 4.5 cm (1.8 in) SL (Jesperson 1934).
Circumglobal; Japan (Aizawa in Nakabo 2002); Washington (Matarese et al. 1989) to Chile (Baird 1971).
Epipelagic and mesopelagic, at depths of 100–800 m (328–2,624 ft) (min.: Matarese et al. 1989; max.:
McEachran and Fechhelm 1998).
Argyropelecus lychnus Garman, 1899. Tropical Hatchetfish. To more than 7.6 cm (3 in) TL (Miller and Lea
1972). Eastern Pacific and possibly Indian Ocean; Point Conception, California (Miller and Lea 1972)
to Chile (Baird 1971), including Islas Galápagos (McCosker et al. 1997). Upper mesopelagic, at depths
of 198–396 m (650–1,300 ft; Miller and Lea 1972). Specimens previously reported as A. lychnus from
British Columbia are A. sladeni (Mecklenburg et al. 2002:220–221).
Argyropelecus sladeni Regan, 1908. Lowcrest Hatchetfish or Silvery Hatchetfish. To 6.7 cm (2 in) SL (Fujii
in Masuda et al. 1984). Circumglobal; Japan (Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984); western Bering Sea (Balanov
1992); British Columbia (Gillespie 1993) to Chile (Baird 1971). The distribution of this species is
perhaps antitropical (Baird 1971). Primarily mesopelagic, at depths of 55–1,130 m (180–3,707 ft) (min.:
Clemens and Wilby 1946; max.: LACM 39275.004).
Danaphos oculatus (Garman, 1899). Bottlelight. To 5.7 cm (2.25 in) TL (Miller and Lea 1972). Pacific and
Indian oceans; off the Brooks Peninsula (50°07'N, 128°18'W), British Columbia (Peden and Hughes
1986) to Chile (Pequeño 1989). Epipelagic and mesopelagic, at depths of 52–914 m (172–2,998 ft)
(min.: Eschmeyer and Herald 1983; max.: LACM 9077.011).
Sternoptyx diaphana Hermann, 1781. Longspine Hatchetfish. To 6 cm (2.4 in) SL (Jesperson 1934).
Circumglobal; Japan (Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984) to Kuril Islands (Parin et al. 1995); Oregon (Matarese et
al. 1989) to northern Chile (31°55'S; Kong and Melendez 1991). Mesopelagic, at depths of 300–1,000 m
(984–3,280 ft) (min.: Jesperson 1934; max.: McEachran and Fechhelm 1998).