Phyllorhinichthys micractis Pietsch, 1969

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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).