Dysalotus oligoscolus Johnson & Cohen, 1974. To 33 cm (13 in) SL (Smith in Carpenter and De Angelis 2016). Circumglobal in temperate to tropical waters; western Pacific Ocean north to south-eastern Kyushu, Japan (Ban and Fukui 2011); southern California to Gulf of California (Johnson and Cohen 1974). Mesopelagic and bathypelagic; depth: 1,262 –4,835 m (4,140 –15,859 ft) (min.: Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California; max.: Melo 2017).