Paraconger similis (Wade, 1946) .

Shorttail Conger. To 74 cm (29.1 in) TL (John Snow, pers. comm. to M.L.). Todos Santos (23°24.6’N, 110°13.8’W), southern Baja California and just north of La Playita (barely inside Gulf of California on Baja California side) (John Snow, pers. comm. to M.L.), Sinaloa (Gulf of California), Islas Galápagos, and Islas Revillagigedo (Robertson and Allen 2002). Beltrán-León and Rios Herrera (2000) captured larvae off Colombia that they tentatively assigned to this species. Depth: 49–150 m (161–492 ft) (min.: Smith and Karmovskaya 2003; max.: Smith in Fischer et al. 1995).