sphyraenopsis, Lestidiops Hubbs [C. L.] 1916:155, Pl. 18 [University of California Publications in Zoology v. 16 (no. 13); ref. 2225] Near shore, Avalon Bay, Santa Catalina Island, California, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 22597. Type catalog: Post 1972:145 [ref. 20860]. •Valid as Lestidiops sphyraenopsis Hubbs 1916 -- (Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:76 [ref. 6441], Nakabo 2000:369 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:369 [ref. 26001], Fukui & Ozawa 2004:293 [ref. 28076], Love et al. 2005:41 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:204 [ref. 28379], Fricke et al. 2007:59 [ref. 29533], Fricke et al. 2011:360 [ref. 31242], Parin et al. 2014:153 [ref. 33547], Nión et al. 2016:37 [ref. 35565] with author in parentheses, Burton & Lea 2019:45 [ref. 37205], Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:31 [ref. 37828], Love et al. 2021:64 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:92 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Lestidiops sphyraenopsis Hubbs 1916. Paralepididae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Japan north to southern Kuril Islands; northeastern Pacific: southern California (U.S.A.); South Atlantic. Habitat: marine.