Oneirodes acanthias (Gilbert, 1915) .

Southern Spiny Dreamer. To 16.7 cm (6.6 in) SL (Pietsch 1974), perhaps to 20 cm (8 in) TL (Fitch and Lavenberg 1968). West of north end of Vancouver Island (50°13’N, 129°46’W) (Weil et al. 2015) to southern Baja California (26°51’N) (Pietsch 1974). Mesopelagic and bathypelagic; depth: concentrated at 500–1,250 m (1,650 –4,125 ft) (Pietsch 1974), and perhaps to 3,290 ft (10,791 ft) (Personal communication: Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Fish Collection, Los Angeles, California).