Author: (Alexander, 1917)
FBname: Razorback scabbardfish
Comments: Probably benthopelagic from 150 to 400 m, juveniles epipelagic or mesopelagic.  Feeds on fishes (including <i>Engraulis mordax</i> and <i>Merluccius productus</i> off California) and squids.  Occasionally hooked, captured in nets, or found washed ashore.  No special fishery.