Vinciguerria nimbaria (Jordan &Williams, 1895) .

Oceanic Lightfish.To 6 cm (2.4 in) TL (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California). Circumglobal; western Pacific Ocean north to Japan (Aizawa in Nakabo 2002); within our range, well off San Simeon, central California (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California) to Chile (Pequeño 1989). Depth: surface to 3,000 m (9,840 ft) (min.: Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California; max.: Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California).