Aulorhynchus flavidus Gill, 1861. Tubesnout. To 18.8 cm (7.4 in) TL (Coad 1995). Pavlof Bay, southwest Alaska Peninsula, and Kodiak Island, Gulf of Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002), to Punta Rompiente (27°42’N, 115°W), central Baja California (Personal communication: Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Fish Collection, Los Angeles, California). Record from Captains Bay, Unalaska Island, is uncertain (Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Depth: surface to at least 40 m (130 ft) (Limbaugh 1962), from shoreline (e.g., beach seine in less than 1 m of water; Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to well offshore (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983).