Asquamiceps caeruleus Markle, 1980

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Asquamiceps caeruleus Markle, 1980 .

To 33.7 cm (13.3 in) SL ( Markle 1980). Circumglobal ( Markle 1980); Gulf of Alaska (57°50’N, 148°24’W) ( Stevenson et al. 2009); off Bahía Magdalena, southern Baja California (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California). Mesopelagic; depth: to perhaps 2,740 m (8,987 ft) ( Markle 1980). Perhaps a synonym of Asquamiceps pacificus Parr, 1954 ; provisionally as A. caeruleus ( Stevenson et al. 2009) .