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Family Oneirodidae — Dreamers
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Bertella idiomorpha Pietsch, 1973. Spikehead Dreamer. To about 10.1 cm (4.0 in) SL (Balanov and Fedorov
1996). Southern Japan (Pietsch 1973) and southern Kuril Islands (Parin et al. 1995) to Bering Sea (Balanov
and Fedorov 1996) and western Gulf of Alaska to Gulf of California (Pietsch 1973). Mesopelagic and
bathypelagic to bathybenthic, collected at depths to 2,900 m (9,514 ft) over bottom depths of 805–
5,920 m (2,641–19,422 ft; Mecklenburg et al. 2002).
Chaenophryne draco Beebe, 1932. Smoothhead Dreamer. To 9.7 cm (3.8 in) SL (Stewart and Pietsch 1998).
Circumglobal; Japan and Hawaiian Islands (Pietsch 1975); Point Reyes, northern California (SIO
67-122) to northern Peru (4°10'S, 81°27'W; SIO 78-37), midocean west of Peru (4°20'S, 116°46'W;
Pietsch 1975), and near Islas Galápagos (SIO 52-409). Mesopelagic and bathypelagic, at depths of about
350 m (1,148 ft) to an unknown lower limit, evidently concentrated at 700–1,500 m (2,297–4,921 ft)
(Pietsch 1975). Chaenophryne parviconus Regan & Trewavas, 1932, is a junior synonym.
Chaenophryne longiceps Regan, 1925. To 19.0 cm (7.5 in) SL (Stearn and Pietsch in Okamura et al. 1995).
Circumglobal; as far west in Pacific as Hawaiian Islands (Pietsch 1975); Oregon (about 45°N; Pietsch
1975) to Chile (23°29'S, 72°20'W; SIO 72-171 [about 23°S; Pietsch 1975]). Mesopelagic, at depths of
200–1,174 m (656–3,852 ft) (min.: Matarese et al. 1989; max.: Stearn and Pietsch in Okamura et al.
1995); most specimens caught in nets fished below 850 m (2,789 ft; Pietsch 1975).
Chaenophryne melanorhabdus Regan & Trewavas, 1932. Blobby Dreamer or Smooth Dreamer. To 9.7 cm
(3.8 in) SL (Pietsch 1975). Southern British Columbia off Cape Flattery (Peden et al. 1985) to Peru
(USNM 213733, verified by T. W. Pietsch, pers. comm. to C.W.M.). Mesopelagic, between about 200 m
(656 ft) and an unknown lower limit, evidently concentrated at 300–1,000 m (984–3,281 ft), mostly
collected by nets fished below 450 m (1,476 ft; Pietsch 1975).
Dolopichthys longicornis Parr, 1927. Longhorn Dreamer. To 16 cm (6.3 in) SL (Pietsch 1972). Circumglobal; in
eastern Pacific from northern California (Pietsch 1972) to Chile (Pequeño 1989) and west to about 177°W.
Mesopelagic and bathypelagic, collected by nets fished as deep as 6,420 m (21,063 ft) (Pietsch 1972).
Dolopichthys pullatus Regan & Trewavas, 1932. To 11.5 cm (4.5 in) SL. Circumglobal; in eastern Pacific from
southern California to Chile, including Gulf of California, and west to about 180°W between about
34°N and 34°S. Mesopelagic and bathypelagic, collected by nets fished as deep as 2,080 m (6,824 ft). All
in Pietsch (1972).
Microlophichthys microlophus (Regan, 1925). To 10.6 cm (4.2 in) SL (Bertelsen and Pietsch 1977). Circumglobal;
well off southern California (32°00'N, 136°12'W; SIO 70-306). Mesopelagic and bathypelagic,
taken as deep as 2,000 m (6,562 ft) or more (Grey 1956), perhaps to 4,000 m (13,123 ft; Moore et al.
2003). Originally in Dolopichthys.
Oneirodes acanthias (Gilbert, 1915). Southern Spiny Dreamer. To 16.7 cm (6.6 in) SL (Pietsch 1974),
perhaps to 20 cm (8 in) TL (Fitch and Lavenberg 1968). Eastern North Pacific; northern California
(38°04'N, 123°58'W; SIO 67-116) to southern Baja California (26°51'N; Pietsch 1974).Mesopelagic and
bathypelagic, concentrated at 500–1,250 m (1,650–4,125 ft; Pietsch 1974). Originally in Monoceratias.
Oneirodes basili Pietsch, 1974. Ladlepole Dreamer. To 15.9 cm (6.3 in) SL. Southern California (33°06'N,
118°22'W) to Isla Guadalupe, central Baja California. Described from three individuals. Probably
mesopelagic and bathypelagic, but not enough data to be certain; taken in nets fished to maximum
depths of 700–1,400 m (2,296–4,593 ft). All in Pietsch (1974).
Oneirodes bulbosus Chapman, 1939. Bulbous Dreamer. To 23 cm (9.1 in) TL (Orlov and Tokranov 2005).
North Pacific north of about 40°; Sea of Okhotsk off Hokkaido, Japan (Nakabo in Nakabo 2002) to
northern Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska (Pietsch 1974, Mecklenburg et al. 2002); one