Lestidiops ringens (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) .

Slender Barracudina. To 25.2 cm (9.9 in) SL (Balanov et al. 2009). Northern Japan (Balanov et al. 2009); Pacific Ocean off southern Kuril Islands (Parin et al. 1995) to southern Kamchatka; western Bering Sea near Alaska border (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to Gulf of Alaska (58°21’N, 147°51’W) (Stevenson et al. 2009) to southern Baja California (26°33’N, 115°41’W) (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California), and Gulf of California (Castro-Aguirre 1991). Larvae have been taken in a number of locations in southern Baja California waters, as far south as about 25°N (Moser et al. 1993). Primarily mesopelagic (Mecklenburg et al. 2002); depth: surface (nightlight; Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California), 9–3,920 m (30–12,861 ft) (min.: Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California; max.: Hart 1973).