Lipolagus ochotensis (Schmidt, 1938) .

Popeye Blacksmelt. To 20 cm (7.9 in) TL (Sinclair et al. 2015). Australia (Fricke et al. 2020); Southern Honshu, Japan, and Sea of Okhotsk to Bering Sea (Kobyliansky 1985), to southeast of Cabo San Lucas (22°27’N, 110°59’W), southern Baja California (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California). Adults generally within mesopelagic depths (Mecklenburg et al. 2002); depth: surface to perhaps 4,100 m (13,448 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). A maximum depth of 6,100 m (Kanayama in Amaoka et al. 1983) is considered unlikely and probably reflects “incidental catches during trawl hauling to the surface” (Fujii et al. 2010).