Cherublemma emmelas (Gilbert, 1890).

Black Brotula. To 32 cm (12.6 in) TL (Morales-Azpeitia et al. 2018). West of Vancouver Island, British Columbia (49°40’N, 127°46’W) (Hanke et al. 2015), southern Baja California (27°09’N) (Cruz-Acevedo et al. 2018) to northern Chile (20°S) (Sielfeld and Vargas 1996), including Gulf of California (Lea in Fischer et al. 1995). Postflexion larvae (about 3.0 cm, 1.2 in SL) captured off central (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California) and southern California (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California). Adults on bottom, juveniles pelagic; depth: 70–1,401 m (230–4,595 ft) (min.: Sielfeld and Vargas 1996; max.: Morera et al. 2019).