Acantholiparis caecus Grinols, 1969. Caecal Spiny Snailfish or Fanged Snailfish. To 7.4 cm (2.9 in) SL (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California). Central Vancouver Island (49°19’N, 126°23’W) (Gavin Hanke, pers. comm. to M.L.); Oregon (Grinols 1969, Stein 1978); and Cortes Basin, southern California (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California). Depth: 1,175 –2,122 m (3,854 –6,962 ft) (min.: Gavin Hanke, pers. comm. to M.L.; max.: Grinols 1969).