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recently been collected from the same area, but further information is not yet available (J. W. Orr and
M. S. Busby, pers. comm. to C. W. M.).
Psednos anoderkes Chernova & Stein, 2002. Stargazer Snailfish. One specimen known, a subadult, 2.7 cm
(1.1 in) SL. Northeast of Isla Guadalupe, central Baja California. Probably mesopelagic or bathypelagic,
collected in midwater between 0 and 2,036 m (6,678 ft). All in Chernova and Stein (2002). Vernacular
from D. L. Stein (pers. comm. to C. W. M.).
Psednos cathetostomus Chernova & Stein, 2002. Doormouth Snailfish. To 4.3 cm (1.7 in) SL. Three
specimens known. Patton Escarpment, southern California and San Clemente Basin, northern Baja
California. Probably mesopelagic or bathypelagic, collected in midwater; depth information not clear,
characterized by authors from two specimens as 309–338 m (1,014–1,109 ft) over bottom depth of
3,961 m (12,995 ft). All in Chernova and Stein (2002).
Psednos griseus Chernova & Stein, 2002. One specimen known, 3.65 cm (1.4 in) SL. Northwest of Isla
Guadalupe, central Baja California. Probably mesopelagic or bathypelagic, collected in midwater
between 0 and 4,000 m (13,120 ft). All in Chernova and Stein (2002).
Psednos mexicanus Chernova & Stein, 2002. To 5.1 cm (2 in) SL, 5.9 cm (2.3 in) TL. Two specimens known,
one adult and one juvenile. Near Isla Guadalupe, central Baja California. Probably mesopelagic or
bathypelagic, holotype collected from midwater between 0 and 1,000 m (3,280 ft) over bottom depths
of 3,292–3,384 m (10,798–11,100 ft), and the juvenile somewhere between the surface and bottom. All
in Chernova and Stein (2002).
Psednos pallidus Chernova & Stein, 2002. Pallid Snailfish. One specimen known, 6.0 cm (2.4 in) SL, 7.1 cm
(2.8 in) TL. West coast of central Baja California northeast of Isla Guadalupe. Probably mesopelagic or
bathypelagic, collected in midwater between 0 and 2,000 m (6,560 ft) over bottom depth of 3,900 m
(12,792 ft). All in Chernova and Stein (2002).
Rhinoliparis attenuatus Burke, 1912. Slim Snailfish. To 11 cm (4.3 in) SL (Stein 1978). Northern Kuril
Islands and southeastern Kamchatka (Sheiko and Fedorov 2000); eastern Bering Sea (Mecklenburg et
al. 2002); northern British Columbia (G. E. Gillespie, pers. comm. to C. W. M.) to Monterey Bay, central
California (Stein 1978). Pelagic, at depths of 362–2,189 m (1,188–7,182 ft; Stein 1978). Classified by
some authors in Paraliparis.
Rhinoliparis barbulifer Gilbert, 1896. Longnose Snailfish. To 11 cm (4.3 in) TL. Okhotsk Sea; Pacific off
northern Honshu and Hokkaido; Commander Islands; Umnak Pass and vicinity of Unalaska Island;
southern California. Benthopelagic, at depths of 252–1,500 (827–4,921 ft). All in Mecklenburg et al. (2002).
Also reported from central California (36°46'N; Lauth 1999). Classified by some authors in Paraliparis.
Order Perciformes
Family Centropomidae — Snooks
Centropomus medius Günther, 1864. Blackfin Snook. To 55.8 cm (22 in) TL (Rivas 1986). Bahia Magdalena,
southern Baja California (De La Cruz-Agüero et al. 1994) and into Gulf of California (Bussing in Fischer
et al. 1995) to northern Peru (Chirichigno and Vélez 1998). Bays and estuaries to depth of 25 m (82 ft;
Robertson and Allen 2002) and ascends streams (Allen and Robertson 1994).
Centropomus nigrescens Günther, 1864. Black Snook. To 117 cm (46 in) TL (Bussing in Fischer et al. 1995).
Bahia Magdalena, southern Baja California (SIO 62-721) to Paita, Peru (Chirichigno 1974), including
lower Gulf of California (Bussing in Fischer et al. 1995). Bays and estuaries to depth of 25 m (82 ft;
Robertson and Allen 2002) and ascends streams (Allen and Robertson 1994). Centropomus nigrescens
Günther, 1864, is an invalid name, as it is preoccupied by C. nigrescens Risso, 1810, a species in the family
Moronidae (Eschmeyer 1998).