Cetichthys parini Paxton, 1989. To 19.6 cm (7.7 in) SL (Paxton 1989). Circumglobal (Fricke et al. 2020); western Pacific Ocean north to Kuril Islands (Aizawa in Nakabo 2002); central California (34°49’N, 123°07’W) (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California) and southern California (32°50’N, 124°07’W) (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California). Depth: 2,700 –3,300 m (8,858 –10,827 ft) in closing nets, also collected in open nets fishing to 4,500 m (14,764 ft) or more (Paxton 1989).