Melamphaes laeviceps Ebeling, 1962

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Melamphaes laeviceps Ebeling, 1962 .

To 13.4 cm (5.3 in) SL ( Ebeling 1962). Southern California (32°10’N, 120°37’W) (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California), and off northern Baja California ( Berry and Perkins 1966), to Chile ( Pequeño 1989). Depth: adults probably below 400–500 m (1,312 –1,640 ft) ( Ebeling 1962) to perhaps 2,000 m (6,650 ft) ( Kotlyar 2014).