Ablennes hians (Valenciennes, 1846) .

Barred Needlefish or Flat Needlefish. To 122 cm (48 in) TL (Roul et al. 2018). Circumglobal; western Pacific Ocean north to Japan (Aizawa in Nakabo 2002); central Baja California (Collette in Fischer et al. 1995) to northern Peru (Chirichigno and Vélez 1998) and Islas Galápagos (Grove and Lavenberg 1997). Marine, brackish, and fresh waters (Fricke et al. 2011); depth: typically at surface, to 12 m (39 ft) (Godínez-Domínguez et al. 2000).