californiense, Myctophum Eigenmann [C. H.] & Eigenmann [R. S.] 1889:124 [1] [West American Scientist v. 6 (no. 48); ref. 1251] Cortez Banks, off San Diego, California, U.S.A., depth 45 fathoms. Syntypes: (several) BMNH 1891.5.19.174 (1), CAS (1, lost), CAS-SU 20172, USNM 41920 (1). On p. 1 of separate. See Mecklenburg et al. 2002:245 [ref. 25968]. •Valid as Symbolophorus californiensis (Eigenmann & Eigenmann 1889) -- (Paxton 1979:17 [ref. 6440] as californiense, Sawada in Amaoka et al. 1983:89, 184 [ref. 8379], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:67 [ref. 6441], Peden et al. 1985:8 [ref. 24081], Matarese et al. 1989:154 [ref. 26885], McAllister 1990:111 [ref. 14674], Shinohara et al. 1994:65 [ref. 22800], Kubota & Tsukada 1996:56 [ref. 24966], Shinohara et al. 1996:168 [ref. 26605], Nakabo 2000:383 [ref. 25086], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:22 [ref. 25650], Shinohara et al. 2001:301 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:383 [ref. 26001], Gago & Ricord 2005:144 [ref. 28096], Love et al. 2005:47 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:233 [ref. 28379], Parin et al. 2014:161 [ref. 33547], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:607 [ref. 34923], Kells et al. 2016:348 [ref. 35888], Burton & Lea 2019:47 [ref. 37205], Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:74 [ref. 37828], Love et al. 2021:72 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:97 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Symbolophorus californiensis (Eigenmann & Eigenmann 1889). Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Distribution: North Pacific: Kuroshio, transition zone, and California Current, including Hancock Seamounts (Hawaiian Ridge); northeastern Pacific: northern British Columbia (Canada). Habitat: marine.