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).