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) .