Phyllorhinichthys micractis Pietsch, 1969 .

To 18.3 cm (7.2 in) SL (Pietsch 2009). Circumglobal; western Pacific Ocean off Japan (Pietsch 1972); Emperor Seamounts, and Line Islands (Pietsch 2004); off Isla Guadalupe, central Baja California (Pietsch 1969). Probably mesopelagic and bathypelagic; depth: taken by open nets fishing to maximum depth of 3,600 m (11,811 ft) (Pietsch 2004); at least as shallow as 1,800 m (5,904 ft) (Porteiro et al. 2017).