Thaumatichthys axeli (Bruun, 1953) .

To 36.5 cm (14.4 in) SL. Two known specimens: one from Patton escarpment, well off southern California; the other from 9°23’N, 87°32’W. Both specimens from deep water; the southern California fish was taken in an otter trawl at 3,578–3,671 m (11,736–12,041 ft), the second fish in a herring otter trawl at 3,570 m (11,710 ft). All in Bertelsen and Struhsaker (1977).