Lycodes diapterus Gilbert, 1892 .

Black Eelpout or Blackfin Eelpout. To 39 cm (15.4 in) TL (DFO). Pacific Ocean side of Vancouver Island (Stevenson and Sheiko 2009) to off San Diego, southern California (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California). Benthic; depth: 24–1,472 (79–4,828 ft) (DFO).