Aulorhynchus flavidus Gill, 1861 .

Tubesnout. To 18.8 cm (7.4 in) TL (Coad 1995). Pavlof Bay, southwest Alaska Peninsula, and Kodiak Island, Gulf of Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002), to Punta Rompiente (27°42’N, 115°W), central Baja California (Personal communication: Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Fish Collection, Los Angeles, California). Record from Captains Bay, Unalaska Island, is uncertain (Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Depth: surface to at least 40 m (130 ft) (Limbaugh 1962), from shoreline (e.g., beach seine in less than 1 m of water; Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to well offshore (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983).