Anoplarchus purpurescens Gill, 1861 .

High Cockscomb. To 20 cm (7.8 in) TL (Hart 1973). Attu Island, Aleutian Islands and Pribilof Islands, Bering Sea (Mecklenburg et al. 2002), to Newport Beach, southern California (Personal communication: Santa Barbara Natural History Museum Fish Collection, Santa Barbara, California), and Santa Rosa Island, southern California (Miller and Lea 1972). Benthic; depth: intertidal to 35 m (114 ft) (min.: Eschmeyer and Herald 1983; max. Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California).