Ahliesaurus brevis Bertelsen, Krefft, & Marshall, 1976.

To 28 cm (11 in) SL (McEachran and Fechhelm 1998). Indo-Pacific; western Pacific Ocean north to Japan and southern Kuril Islands (Parin et al. 1995); central Baja California (Watson and Sandknop in Moser 1996). Deep mesopelagic to bathypelagic (Krefft in Whitehead et al. 1984); depth: to at least 1,000 m (3,280 ft) (Nakabo in Nakabo 2002).