Ranges from west of St. Matthew I., the Pribilof Is. (Ref. 27547), and Kuskokwim Bay to Bowers Bank in the Aleutian chain and southeastern Alaska (Ref. 6793). Type locality of Osmerus albatrossis: Shelikof Straits, north of Karluk, Kodiak I., Alaska (Ref. 26282). Seasonally abundant in all spawning streams (Ref. 27547). Also Ref. 1998, 2850, 6876, 6885, 10280, 11366, 27436, 86798, 96339, 119194.