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Galápagos (Grove and Lavenberg 1997). Tidepools (Thomson and Lehner 1976) and to depth of 70 m
(230 ft; Robertson and Allen 2002).
Serranus aequidens Gilbert, 1890. Deepwater Serrano. To 24.5 cm (9.6 in) TL (Robertson and Allen 2002).
Whites Point, southern California (Pondella 1999) to western Gulf of California; central Mexico to
central Colombia (Robertson and Allen 2002). At depths of 75–260 m (246–852 ft) (min.: Robertson
and Allen 2002; max.: SIO 65-247).
Serranus psittacinus Valenciennes, 1846. Barred Serrano. To 18 cm (7 in) TL (Heemstra in Fischer et
al. 1995). Isla Cedros, central Baja California (M. L., unpubl. data) to Islas Lobos de Afuera, Peru
(Chirichigno and Vélez 1998), including Gulf of California (Heemstra in Fischer et al. 1995) and such
offshore islands as Islas Galápagos (Grove and Lavenberg 1997). At depths of 2–61 m (6–200 ft) (min.:
Allen and Robertson 1994; max.: Thomson et al. 2000).
Family Opistognathidae — Jawfishes
Opistognathus punctatus Peters, 1869. Finespotted Jawfish. To 40.6 cm (16.2 in) TL (Thomson et al. 1979).
Bahia San Ignacio, southern Baja California (Danemann and De La Cruz-Agüero 1993) into northern
Gulf of California to Panama (Robertson and Allen 2002). At depths of 2–24 m (5–79 ft) (min.: Thomson
et al. 1979; max.: SIO 79-71).
Opistognathus rhomaleus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882. Giant Jawfish. To more than 50.8 cm (20.3 in) TL
(Thomson et al. 1979). Bahia Ballenas, southern Baja California (Watson in Moser 1996) into northern
Gulf of California and Islas Revillagigedo. At depths of 3–61 m (10–200 ft) (min.: Robertson and Allen
2002; max.: LACM 2630.000). The correct date for the species name is 1882 (Eschmeyer 1998), not 1881
as seen elsewhere.
Opistognathus rosenblatti Allen & Robertson, 1991. Bluespotted Jawfish. To about 10 cm (4 in) TL. Lower
half of Baja California and parts of Gulf of California. At depths of 5–25 m (17–82 ft). All in Robertson
and Allen (2002).
Unidentified opistognathid. Lissner and Dorsey (1986) observed from a manned submersible a jawfish they
were unable to identify at Tanner–Cortes Bank, southern California.
Family Priacanthidae — Bigeyes
Cookeolus japonicus (Cuvier, 1829). Bulleye or Longfinned Bigeye. To 68 cm (26.8 in) TL (Randall 1995).
Circumglobal; Japan (Hayashii in Nakabo 2002); southern Baja California (Starnes in Fischer et al. 1995)
to Huacho, Peru (Chirichigno and Vélez 1998), including Gulf of California (Robertson and Allen 2002).
At depths of 30–400 m (99–1,312 ft) (min.: Robertson and Allen 2002; max.: Allen and Robertson 1994).
Heteropriacanthus cruentatus (Lacepède, 1801). Glasseye or Glasseye Snapper. To 51 cm (20 in) TL
(Robertson and Allen 2002). Circumglobal; Isla Guadalupe, central Baja California (Grove and Lavenberg
1997) to perhaps Chile (Starnes 1988), and at least around Isla Cerralvo, Gulf of California (Galván-
Magaña et al. 1996) and Islas Galápagos (Grove and Lavenberg 1997). At depths of 20–300 m (66–984 ft)
(min.: Starnes 1988; max.: Hureau in Quéro et al. 1990). Recently as Priacanthus cruentatus.
Priacanthus alalaua Jordan & Evermann, 1903. Alalaua or Hawaiian Bigeye. To 32 cm (13 in) TL (Starnes in
Carpenter and Niem 1999). Eastern Pacific; Rocas Alijos, southern Baja California and Islas Revillagigedo;
Hawaii; perhaps in other eastern Pacific sites (Starnes 1988). At depths of 9–275 m (30–902 ft) (min.:
Starnes in Fischer et al. 1995; max.: Allen and Robertson 1994).
Pristigenys serrula (Gilbert, 1891). Popeye Catalufa. To 33 cm (13 in) TL (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983).
Newport, central Oregon (Watson in Moser 1996) to Chile (Pequeño 1989), including Gulf of California
and Islas Galápagos (Miller and Lea 1972). Less than 3 to more than 200 m (10–656 ft) (min.: Allen and
Robertson 1994; max.: Amezcua Linares 1996). Also seen classified in genus Pseudopriacanthus.
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