Trachipterus altivelis Kner, 1859 .

King-of-the-Salmon. To 245 cm (96 in) TL (Savinkyh and Baitalyuk 2011). South-eastern Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to Chile (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983). Primarily mesopelagic as adults (Mecklenburg et al. 2002); depth: surface to 1,231 m (4,038 ft) (min.: Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California; max: NWFSC-FRAM). Considered a synonym of the circumglobal species Trachipterus trachypterus (Gmelin, 1789) by some (Savinykh and Baitalyuk 2011).