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Cetostoma regani Zugmayer, 1914. Pink Flabby Whalefish. To 23 cm (9 in) TL (Eschmeyer and Herald
1983). Circumglobal; Japan (Aizawa in Nakabo 2002); Oregon (Matarese et al. 1989) to southern Baja
California (25°48'N, 114°46'W; SIO 51-90). At depths of 400–2,250 m (1,312–7,382 ft) (min.: Paxton
1989; max.: Paxton in Whitehead et al. 1986) and perhaps shallower (Paxton 1989).
Ditropichthys storeri (Goode & Bean, 1895). To 12.9 cm (5.1 in) SL (Paxton 1989). Circumglobal; western
North Pacific east of Japan, Kuril Islands (Paxton 1989), and Kamchatka (Sheiko and Fedorov 2000);
northern California (Paxton 1989) to southern Baja California (Pequeño 1989). At depths of about
650–3,400 m (2,132–11,155 ft) (min.: Paxton 1989; max.: Sheiko and Fedorov 2000).
Gyrinomimus sp. To 39 cm (15.3 in) TL (Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Circumglobal at low latitudes; as far
south in Pacific as 39°N, including Okhotsk Sea, southern Bering Sea off Aleutian Islands, offshore
from British Columbia and Oregon, and midocean. Primarily bathypelagic, recorded from depths of
240–3,400 m (787–11,155 ft). This is Paxton’s (1989) “Gyrinomimus sp. nov. B2,” as yet undescribed and
named. All in Mecklenburg et al. (2002).
Family Mirapinnidae — Hairyfish and Ribbonbearers or Tapetails
Eutaeniophorus festivus (Bertelsen & Marshall, 1956). Festive Ribbontail. To 5.4 cm (2.2 in) TL (McEachran
and Fechhelm 1998). Circumglobal; Japan (Aizawa in Nakabo 2002); Oregon to Ecuador (Charter and
Moser in Moser 1996). Probably mesopelagic (Charter and Moser in Moser 1996).
Family Barbourisiidae — Velvet Whalefishes
Barbourisia rufa Parr, 1945. Red Whalefish. To 41 cm (16.1 in) TL (Melendez C. et al. 1991). Circumglobal
at low latitudes; recorded as far north as Greenland (Amaoka in Okamura et al. 1995); Japan (Amaoka
in Masuda et al. 1984), Emperor Seamounts, Hawaii; southeastern Bering Sea north of Amlia Island
and Pacific Ocean south of Amukta Pass, Aleutian Islands; off Washington (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to
northcentral California (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983) to southern Chile (44°53'S, 73°30'W; Melendez
C. et al. 1991). Pelagic and benthopelagic, 120–2,000 m (394–6,562 ft; Mecklenburg et al. 2002).
Family Rondeletiidae — Redmouth Whalefishes
Rondeletia loricata Abe & Hotta, 1963. Armored Redmouth Whalefish or Redmouth Whalefish. To 15 cm
(6 in) TL (Fitch and Lavenberg 1968). Circumglobal; Japan (Uyeno in Masuda et al. 1984); Washington
(47°12'N; Lauth 2001) to Chile (27°04'S, 71°45'W; SIO 72-154) and Islas Galápagos (1°46'S, 89°56'W;
SIO 52-404). At depths of 100–2,350 m (328–7,708 ft) (min.: Clarke and Wagner 1976; max.: Kotlyar
1996), juveniles in shallower part of depth range (Kotlyar 1996).
Order Beryciformes
Family Anoplogastridae — Fangtooths
Anoplogaster cornuta (Valenciennes, 1833). Fangfish, Fangtooth, or Longhorn Fangtooth. To 16 cm (6.3 in)
SL (Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Nearly circumglobal; to 64°N in Atlantic Ocean; northern Japan (Shimizu
1978) and Sea of Okhotsk (Kotlyar 1986) almost to New Zealand; southern British Columbia (Mecklenburg
et al. 2002) to northern Chile (18°26'S; Kong and Melendez 1991). Mesopelagic to bathypelagic, adults at
75–4,992 m (246–16,378 ft), juveniles as shallow as 2 m (7 ft; Mecklenburg et al. 2002).
Family Diretmidae — Spinyfins
Diretmoides pauciradiatus (Woods, 1973). To about 40 cm (15.75 in) TL (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983).
Circumglobal; Kyashu–Palau Ridge, southern Japan (Hayashi in Nakabo 2002), and Washington
(Eschmeyer and Herald 1983). About 198 m to at least 1,880 m (650–6,168 ft) (min.: Eschmeyer and
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