Tylosurus crocodilus (Péron & Lesueur, 1821) .

Crocodile Needlefish, Houndfish, Hound Needlefish, or Mexican Needlefish. To 159 cm (62.6 in) (Robertson and Allen 2008). Circumglobal; western Pacific Ocean north to Japan (Aizawa in Nakabo 2002); Isla de Cedros, central Baja California (Ramírez-Valdez et al. 2015) to Gulf of California (Collette in Fischer et al. 1995) to northern Chile (Grove and Lavenberg 1997) and Islas Galápagos (Collette in Fischer et al. 1995). Marine and brackish waters (Fricke et al. 2011); depth: 0–3 m (10 ft) (Mundy 2005).