Nemichthys scolopaceus Richardson, 1848 .

Slender Snipe Eel. To about 2 m (78.7 in) TL (Roberts et al. 2015). Circumglobal; western Pacific Ocean north to Japan (Hatooka in Nakabo 2002) and Russian north-western Pacific (Orlov and Tokranov 2019); Gulf of Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to southern Chile (52°S) (Sielfeld and Vargas 1996), including Gulf of California (Charter in Moser 1996). Primarily mesopelagic and bathypelagic, sometimes over continental shelf; depth: surface to 4,337 m (14,225 ft) (min.: Mecklenburg et al. 2002; max.: Charter in Moser 1996).