Benthosema suborbitale (Gilbert, 1913) .

To 3.9 cm (1.5 in) SL (Hulley in Whitehead et al. 1984). Circumglobal; western Pacific Ocean north to Japan (Nakabo in Nakabo 2002) and Russian north-western Pacific Ocean (Orlov and Tokranov 2019); off northern Baja California (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California) to Chile (Pequeño 1989). Mesopelagic; depth: surface to 2,500 m (8,200 ft) (Orlov and Tokranov 2019).