Bathysaurus mollis Günther, 1878 .

To 85 cm (33.4 in) TL (Sulak in Whitehead et al. 1984). Circumglobal; western Pacific Ocean north to Japan (Nakabo in Nakabo 2002); Oregon (Pearcy et al. 1982) to at least Isla Guadalupe, central Baja California (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California); Clarion Clipperton Zone (Simon-Lledó et al. 2020). Depth: 1,252 –4,981 m (4,107 –16,0338 ft) (min.: Fricke et al. 2019; max.: Erik Simon-Lledó, pers. comm. to M.L.).