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Family Apogonidae — Cardinalfishes
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Apogon atricaudus Jordan & McGregor, 1898. Plain Cardinalfish. To 9 cm (3.5 in) TL (SIO 96-93). San
Clemente Island, southern California (SIO 96-93) and Isla Guadalupe, central Baja California (SIO
50–40) to Gulf of California and islands of eastern Pacific (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983). At depths of
3–50 m (10–165 ft; Sandknop and Watson in Moser 1996).
Apogon guadalupensis (Osburn & Nichols, 1916). Guadalupe Cardinalfish. To about 13 cm (5 in) TL (Miller
and Lea 1972). Anacapa Island and Santa Barbara Island, southern California (Richards and Engle 2001)
to tip of Baja California (Robertson and Allen 2002) and Islas Revillagigedo (Sandknop and Watson in
Moser 1996). At depths of 10–30 m (33–98 ft; Robertson and Allen 2002).
Apogon pacificus (Herre, 1935). Pink Cardinalfish. To 10 cm (3.9 in) TL (Allen and Robertson 1994). San
Clemente Island, southern California (Richards and Engle 2001) and mainland off Arrecife Sacramento
(29°40'N, 115°47'W; M. L., unpubl. data), central Baja California to Cabo San Lucas, southern Baja
California (Grove and Lavenberg 1997) to Pucusana, Peru (Chirichigno and Vélez 1998), including Gulf
of California (Robertson and Allen 2002), Islas San Benito (SIO 77–396), and Islas Galápagos (Grove
and Lavenberg 1997). At depths of 1–96 m (3–315 ft) (min.: Robertson and Allen 2002; max.: Amezcua
Linares 1996). Apogon parri Breder, 1936, is a junior synonym.
Apogon retrosella (Gill, 1862). Barspot Cardinalfish. To 10.2 cm (4.1 in) TL (Thomson et al. 1979). Islas
San Benito (D. Schroeder, pers. comm. to M. L.) and Isla Cedros, central Baja California and Rocas
Chester (27°53'N, 115°04'W) on mainland, central Baja California (M. L., unpubl. data) to Colombia
(Beltrán-León and Rios Herrera 2000), including Gulf of California (Sandknop and Watson in Moser
1996). Tidepools (Thomson and Lehner 1976) and to depth of 61 m (200 ft; Sandknop and Watson in
Moser 1996).
Family Malacanthidae — Tilefishes
Caulolatilus affinis Gill, 1865. Bighead Tilefish or Pacific Golden-eyed Tilefish. To 50 cm (20 in) TL (Allen
and Robertson 1994). Off Point Loma, southern California (Walker et al. 2002) to Isla Guadalupe (SIO
84–241) and southern tip of Baja California (Schneider and Krupp in Fischer et al. 1995) to Isla Lobos
de Tierra, Peru (Chirichigno and Vélez 1998), including Islas Galápagos (Grove and Lavenberg 1997)
and Gulf of California (Schneider and Krupp in Fischer et al. 1995). At depths of 30–200 m (98–656 ft)
(min.: Schneider and Krupp in Fischer et al. 1995; max.: De La Cruz-Agüero et al. 1997).
*Caulolatilus hubbsi Dooley, 1978. Enigmatic Tilefish. To 39 cm (15.4 in) TL (Schneider and Krupp in
Fischer et al. 1995). Gulf of California and near eastern Pacific islands (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983) to
northern Peru (Chirichigno and Vélez 1998). Based only on “an old record from s. Calif.” (Eschmeyer
and Herald 1983:203), occurrence of this species in our area is speculative. At depths of 18–41 m (59–
135 ft; Eschmeyer and Herald 1983). Perhaps a synonym of C. princeps (Grove and Lavenberg 1997).
Caulolatilus princeps (Jenyns, 1840). Ocean Whitefish. To 102 cm (40 in) TL (Miller and Lea 1972). Vancouver
Island, British Columbia (Miller and Lea 1972) to Chile (Pequeño 1989), including Gulf of California
and Islas Galápagos (Miller and Lea 1972). At depths of 3–150 m (10–492 ft) (min.: Limbaugh 1955;
max.: Robertson and Allen 2002).
Family Nematistiidae — Roosterfishes
Nematistius pectoralis Gill, 1862. Roosterfish. To at least 176 cm (69.3 in) TL (Robertson and Allen 2002).
San Clemente, southern California (Miller and Lea 1972) to Isla San Lorenzo, Peru (Chirichigno 1974),
including Gulf of California and Islas Galápagos (Miller and Lea 1972). Near shore, surface to 20 m
(66 ft; Robertson and Allen 2002).