Species that contain: Bajacalifornia and erimoensis [ 1 ] records

erimoensis, Bajacalifornia Amaoka [K.] & Abe [K.] 1977:185, Figs. 1, 4 (A, C-E) [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 23 (no. 4); ref. 7227] Off Cape Erimo, Hokkaido, Japan, depth 970 meters. Holotype (unique): HUMZ 41502. •Valid as Bajacalifornia erimoensis Amaoka & Abe 1977 -- (Amaoka in Amaoka et al. 1983:73, 177 [ref. 8379], Amaoka in Masuda et al. 1984:43 [ref. 6441], Nakabo 2000:292 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:292 [ref. 26001]). •Synonym of Bajacalifornia megalops (Lütken 1898) -- (Markle & Krefft 1985:351 [ref. 6789], Markle & Sazonov 1990:250 [ref. 14215], Sazonov et al. 1993:58 [ref. 21498], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:18 [ref. 25650], Parin et al. 2014:112 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Synonym of Bajacalifornia megalops (Lütken 1898). Alepocephalidae. Distribution: Cosmopolitan. Habitat: marine.