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Family Ogcocephalidae — Batfishes
Dibranchus spongiosa (Gilbert, 1890). To 13.3 cm (5.2 in) SL. Off Bahia Magdalena, southern Baja California
to Gulf of Tehuantepec and Islas Revillagigedo, Mexico. At depths of 700–1,244 m (2,296–4,080 ft). All
in Bradbury (1999).
Zalieutes elater (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882). Rounded Batfish. To 16.5 cm (6.5 in) TL (Amezcua Linares 1996).
Southern Oregon (M. L., unpubl. data) to Paita, Peru (Chirichigno 1974), including Gulf of California
(Watson in Moser 1996), Isla Cocos, and Isla Malpelo (Robertson and Allen 2002). At depths of about
10 m (33 ft; Aguilar-Palomino 2001) to 130 m (426 ft; Amezcua Linares 1996).
Family Caulophrynidae — Fanfins
Caulophryne jordani Goode & Bean, 1896. Fanfin. To slightly more than 20 cm (8 in) TL (Fitch and Lavenberg
1968). Circumglobal; in eastern Pacific, as far north as southern California (Fitch and Lavenberg 1968).
Bathypelagic, at a minimum of 600 m (1,968 ft; Lavenberg and Ebeling 1967), likely down to at least 1,500 m
(4,920 ft; Pietsch 1979) and possibly 1,902 m (6,239 ft; Stearn and Pietsch in Okamura et al. 1995).
Caulophryne pelagica (Brauer, 1902). To 9.2 cm (3.6 in) SL (Pietsch 1979). Pacific and Indian oceans; Japan
(Nakabo in Nakabo 2002); as far north as Isla Guadalupe, central Baja California (Pietsch 1979). At
depths of 500–1,500 m (1,640–4,920 ft; Nakabo in Nakabo 2002). The original name was Melanocetus
pelagicus.
Caulophryne polynema Regan, 1930. To 14.2 cm (5.6 in) SL. Circumglobal; southern California as far north
as 33°10'N. To at least 1,000 m (3,280 ft) and probably deeper. All in Pietsch (1979).
Family Centrophrynidae — Deepsea Anglerfishes
Centrophryne spinulosa Regan & Trewavas, 1932. To 23 cm (9.1 in) SL (Bertelsen in Quéro et al. 1990).
Circumglobal; off Punta Abreojos, southern Baja California to Gulf of Panama (Pietsch 1972). At depths
of about 590–2,325 m (1,935–7,626 ft; Pietsch 1972).
Family Melanocetidae — Blackdevils
Melanocetus johnsonii Günther, 1864. Blackdevil. To 64 cm (25.2 in) SL (Kong and Melendez 1991). We note
that that record is much larger than the next largest fish, an 18 cm (7.2 in) SL individual listed by Pietsch
(1986). Circumglobal (Pietsch in Smith and Heemstra 1986); Japan (Nakabo in Nakabo 2002); as far
north as off Trinidad Head, northern California (40°58'N; RACE) and south to northern Chile (31°14'S;
Kong and Melendez 1991). Mesopelagic and bathypelagic, at about 100–2,100 m (328–6,888 ft) or more
(min.: Bertelsen in Whitehead et al. 1986; max.: Pietsch and Van Duzer 1980).
Family Linophrynidae — Netdevils
Borophryne apogon Regan, 1925. Netdevil Anglerfish. To 8.9 cm (3.5 in) SL (SIO 68-112). Southern Baja
California (26°31'N, 114°34'W; De La Cruz-Agüero and Galván-Magaña 1992) to south of equator
(4°25'S, 81°51'W; SIO 71-335). Primarily mesopelagic. Deep tows include 1,900 m (6,233 ft; De La
Cruz-Agüero 1998) and 2,086 m (6,842 ft; SIO 60-112) .
Linophryne coronata Parr, 1927. To 22.5 cm (8.9 in) SL (Bertelsen 1982). Atlantic and Pacific; three individuals
within our range, from southern California (34°33'N, 121°06'W; SIO 86-31), northern Baja California
(32°39'N, 117°33'W; SIO 00-164), and off central Baja California (27°10'N, 138°11'W; SIO 60–282).
Mesopelagic to at least 1,180 m (3,870 ft; Stearn and Pietsch in Okamura et al. 1995).
Linophryne racemifera Regan & Trewavas, 1932. To 8.1 cm (3.2 in) SL. Atlantic and Pacific; southern
California. All in Bertelsen (1982).
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