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).