Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Love, Milton S. Bizzarro, Joseph J. Cornthwaite, Maria Frable, Benjamin W. Maslenikov, Katherine P. Zootaxa 2021 2021-10-19 5053 1 1 285 69BGM (Jordan & Gilbert, 1898) Jordan & Gilbert 1898 [151,727,258,285] Actinopterygii Liparidae Careproctus Animalia Scorpaeniformes 135 136 Chordata species cypselurus   Falcate Snailfishor Forktail Snailfish. To 37.4 cm( 14.7 in(Mecklenburg et al.2002). A record of 54 cm( 21.3 in) SL ( Kamikawa 2017) is without documentation and is likely in error (James Orr). Pacific Ocean off Honshu, Japanto Kuril Islands and Sea of Okhotsk ( Kido 1988) to Bering Sea (Mecklenburg et al.2002), Gulf of Alaska (Personal communication: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture Fish Collection, Seattle, Washington) to northern California ( 35°26.5’N, 121°44.2’W) (Personal communication: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture Fish Collection, Seattle, Washington); at least several captures reported from further south (e.g., central California ( 34°44’N), Weinberg et al.2002; southern California ( 32°56’N), NWFSC-FRAM), but without voucher specimens. Depth: 35–1,993 m( 115–6,539 ft) (min.: Orlov and Tokranov 2011; max.: Mecklenburg et al.2002).