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Family Chaetodontidae — Butterflyfishes
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Chaetodon humeralis Günther, 1860. Threebanded Butterflyfish. To 26.4 cm (10.6 in) TL (Amezcua Linares
1996). King Harbor, southern California (Pondella et al. 1998) to Chile (Pequeño 1989), including Islas
Galápagos (Miller and Lea 1972) and Gulf of California (Galván-Magaña et al. 1996). Tidepools and to
107 m (351 ft; Amezcua Linares 1996).
*Forcipiger flavissimus Jordan & McGregor, 1898. Forcepsfish or Longnose Butterflyfish. To 22 cm (8.7 in)
TL (Allen and Robertson 1994). Pacific and Indian oceans; Japan (Ida in Masuda et al. 1984); Cabo San
Lucas and in Gulf of California (Thomson et al. 1979) to Chile (Pequeño 1989), and Islas Galápagos
(Grove and Lavenberg 1997) and other offshore islands (Robertson and Allen 2002). At depths of 1–
145 m (3–476 ft) (min.: Robertson and Allen 2002; max.: Ralston et al. 1986).
Johnrandallia nigrirostris (Gill, 1862). Barberfish. To 20 cm (7.9 in) TL (Allen and Robertson 1994). Islas
San Benito and Isla Cedros, central Baja California (M. L., unpubl. data) to Pucusana, Peru (Chirichigno
and Vélez 1998), including Gulf of California and Islas Galápagos (Grove and Lavenberg 1997). At
depths of 2–40 m (7–131 ft) (min.: LACM 9777.001; max.: Allen and Robertson 1994).
Prognathodes falcifer (Hubbs & Rechnitzer, 1958). Scythe Butterflyfish or Scythe-marked Butterflyfish. To
17 cm (6.8 in) TL (Robertson and Allen 2002). Santa Cruz Island, southern California (Richards and
Engle 2001) to Islas Galápagos (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983), including southern tip of Baja California
and a number of offshore islands (Robertson and Allen 2002). At depths of 3–270 m (10–896 ft) (min.:
Pérez-España et al. 1996; max.: McCosker et al. 1997). Recently as Chaetodon falcifer.
Family Pomacanthidae — Angelfishes
Holacanthus clarionensis Gilbert, 1891. Clarion Angelfish. To 20 cm (7.8 in) TL (Krupp and Schneider
in Fischer et al. 1995). Isla Guadalupe, central Baja California (SIO 84-64) and southern tip of Baja
California, Isla Clárion (Krupp and Schneider in Fischer et al. 1995), and other offshore islands
(Robertson and Allen 2002). At depths of 0–30 m (98 ft) (min.: Robertson and Allen 2002; max.: Allen
and Robertson 1994).
Holacanthus passer Valenciennes, 1846. King Angelfish. To about 30 cm (11.7 in) TL (Grove and Lavenberg
1997). Isla Guadalupe, central Baja California (SIO 60-10) and Bahia Magdalena, southern Baja
California (SIO 62-99) to Gulf of California (Krupp and Schneider in Fischer et al. 1995) to Talara, Peru
(Chirichigno 1974) and Islas Galápagos (Grove and Lavenberg 1997). At depths of 1–80 m (3–262 ft) or
more (min.: Robertson and Allen 2002; max.: Allen and Robertson 1994).
Pomacanthus zonipectus (Gill, 1862). Cortez Angelfish. To about 50 cm (19.7 in) TL (Grove and Lavenberg
1997). Redondo Beach, southern California (Lea and Rosenblatt 2000) to northern Gulf of California (Krupp
and Schneider in Fischer et al. 1995) to Máncora, Peru (Chirichigno 1974) and Islas Galápagos (Grove and
Lavenberg 1997). At depths of 1–50 m (4–164 ft) (min.: SIO 50-253; max.: Amezcua Linares 1996).
Family Pentacerotidae — Armorheads
Pseudopentaceros wheeleri Hardy, 1983. North Pacific Armorhead or Pelagic Armorhead. To 53 cm
(21 in) TL (Hart 1973). Japan to Hawaii (Hardy 1983) and Gulf of Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002)
to central California (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983). Reported in error from Bering Sea (see discussion
in Mecklenburg et al. [2002:658–659]). Pelagic and benthic, surface to 1,060 m (3,478 ft; Parin
and Pakhorukov 2003). Includes North Pacific records of Pentaceros richardsoni Smith, 1844, and
Pseudopentaceros richardsoni; see synonymy in Humphreys et al. (1989). Previously reported from the
Indian Ocean, but those records represent a different species; pelagic and benthic records of P. wheeleri
were mapped by Boehlert and Sasaki (1988).