californiensis, Paraconger Kanazawa [R. H.] 1961:10, Fig. 3; Pl. 2 (fig. A) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 113 (no. 3450); ref. 2559] 25 miles southeast of Bahia Topolobampo, Mexico, Gulf of California, depth 22-27 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 177696. Paratypes: FMNH 50909 (1); SIO 15-111 (6) (ex UCLA W56-118), 15-269 (1) (ex UCLA W53-132); UCLA W52-12 (2), W56-118 (6), W57-116 (1); USNM 177697 (2), 195854 (1); YPM 1149 (1). Type catalog: Smith 1994:10 [ref. 21917]. •Valid as Paraconger californiensis Kanazawa 1961 -- (Raju 1985:6 [ref. 5287], Smith 1989:506 [ref. 13285], Allen & Robertson 1994:59 [ref. 22193], Smith in Fischer et al. 1995:1033 [ref. 22829], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:180 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:130 [ref. 24555], Nelson et al. 2004:65 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:22 [ref. 37547], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:189 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:65 [ref. 32708], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:143 [ref. 34871], Fourriére et al. 2016:442 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:606 [ref. 34923], Love et al. 2021:39 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:56 [ref. 40505], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:6 [ref. 40981]). Current status: Valid as Paraconger californiensis Kanazawa 1961. Congridae: Bathymyrinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern tip of Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to northern Peru, including southern Gulf of California (Mexico), Cocos Island (Costa Rica) and Galápagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.