Hygophum atratum (Garman, 1899)

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Hygophum atratum (Garman, 1899) .

Thickhead Flashlightfish. To 6 cm ( 2.4 in) SL ( Wisner 1976). Southern California ( Wisner 1976) to Chile (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California). Depth: surface to at least 488 m ( 1,600 ft) (min.: Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California; max.: Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California), perhaps as deep as 4,268 m ( 13,999 ft) (Personal communication: Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Fish Collection, Los Angeles, California). The latter record from a midwater trawl that may have taken the specimen above the deepest tow depth.