Mentodus facilis (Parr, 1951) .

12.5 cm (4.9 in) SL (Quéro et al. 1990). Circumglobal (Fricke et al. 2020); Southern California (33°45’N, 119°37’W) (Personal communication: Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Fish Collection, Los Angeles, California) to Punta Abreojos, southern Baja California (Personal communication: Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Fish Collection, Los Angeles, California), also Gulf of California (Personal communication: Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Fish Collection, Los Angeles, California), and Peru (Personal communication: Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Fish Collection, Los Angeles, California). Mesopelagic and bathypelagic; depth: 650–2,300 m (2,132 –7,544 ft) (min.: Orrell and Hartel in Carpenter and De Angelis 2016; max.: Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California).