Hygophum proximum Becker, 1965 .

To 5.8 cm (2.3 in) SL (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California). Indo-Pacific; western Pacific Ocean north to Japan (Nakabo in Nakabo 2002); southern California (32°51.6’N, 123°56.1’W) (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California) to Chile (Pequeño 1989). Epipelagic and mesopelagic (Moser and Ahlstrom in Moser 1996); depth: surface (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California) to perhaps as deep as 3,820 m (12,530 ft) (Personal communication: Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Fish Collection, Los Angeles, California).