Chauliodus sloani Bloch & Schneider, 1801. To at least 35 cm (13.8 in) TL (Bañon et al. 2016). Circumglobal; western Pacific Ocean north to northern Japan (Balanov et al. 2009), and Russian north-western Pacific Ocean (Orlov and Tokranov 2019); in eastern Pacific, well off southern California (33°29’N, 124°09’W) (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California) and Isla Guadalupe, central Baja California (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California). Depth: 0–3,527 m (11,569 ft) (Porteiro et al. 2017).