Leuroglossus stilbius Gilbert, 1890

Love, Milton S., Bizzarro, Joseph J., Cornthwaite, Maria, Frable, Benjamin W. & Maslenikov, Katherine P., 2021, Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, Zootaxa 5053 (1), pp. 1-285 : 47

Leuroglossus stilbius Gilbert, 1890 .

California Smoothtongue. To 20 cm (7.9 in) TL ( Kamikawa 2017). Washington State ( Kamikawa 2017) to Peru ( Nakaya et al. 2009), including Gulf of California ( Miller and Lea 1972). Leuroglossus stilbius urotranus reported from Chile ( Pequeño 1989) is considered Leuroglossus urotranus Bussing, 1965 ( Fricke et al. 2020). Epipelagic to mesopelagic; depth: surface (nightlight; Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California), 13 m to perhaps 3,824 m (42-12,542 ft) (min.: Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California; max.: Personal communication: Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Fish Collection, Los Angeles, California). A number of “ Leuroglossus stilbius ” in the University of Washington collection are listed as having been captured off Alaska—these should be considered as Leuroglossus schmidti Rass, 1955 (Katherine Maslenikov).