Melanolagus bericoides (Borodin, 1929). To at least 24.4 cm (9.6 in) SL (Roberts et al. 2015). Circumglobal; Western Pacific Ocean north to Japan (Miya 1994) and Russian north-western Pacific Ocean (Orlov and Tokranov 2019); Oregon to central California (Matarese et al. 1989), and at least off Chile (Pequeño 1989, 1997; Kong and Meléndez 1991). Depth: 100–3,065 m (328–10,053 ft) (min.: McEachran and Fechhelm 1998; max.: Porteiro et al. 2017).