Lepophidium microlepis (Gilbert, 1890) .

Finescale Cusk-eel or Silver Cusk-eel.To 50.6 cm (19.9 in) TL (Rodríguez-Romero et al. 2008). Islas de Cedros, central Baja California (Personal communication: Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Fish Collection, Los Angeles, California) to Gulf of California (Lea in Fischer et al. 1995). Depth: 16–350 m (53–1,148 ft) (min.: Nakaya et al. 2009; max.: Jiménez Prado and Béarez 2004). The “ Lepophidium microlepis ” of Chirichigno and Vélez (1998), from Paita, Peru, refers to Lepodophidium inca Robins & Lea, 1978 .