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Family Ephippidae — Spadefishes
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Chaetodipterus zonatus (Girard, 1858). Pacific Spadefish. To 66 cm (26.0 in) TL (Amezcua Linares 1996).
San Diego, southern California (Miller and Lea 1972) to Bahia de Sechura, Peru (Chirichigno and Vélez
1998), including Gulf of California (Schneider in Fischer et al. 1995). At depths of 1–107 m (3–351 ft)
(min.: Robertson and Allen 2002; max.: Amezcua Linares 1996).
Family Luvaridae — Louvars
Luvarus imperialis Rafinesque, 1810. Louvar. To 2 m (78.7 in) TL (Bauchot in Fischer et al. 1995).
Circumglobal; Washington (Matarese et al. 1989) to Chile (Miller and Lea 1972). Epipelagic to
mesopelagic (Miller and Lea 1972).
Family Zanclidae — Moorish Idols
*Zanclus cornutus (Linnaeus, 1758). Moorish Idol. To 30 cm (11.8 in) TL (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984).
Pacific and Indian oceans; Japan (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984); Cabo San Lucas, southern Baja California
and southern Gulf of California to Peru (Robertson and Allen 2002) and Easter Island (Pequeño
1989), including Islas Galápagos (Grove and Lavenberg 1997). At depths of 2–180 m (5–590 ft) (min.:
Thompson et al. 1979; max.: Randall et al. 1990). Often referred to as Zanclus canescens.
Family Acanthuridae — Surgeonfishes
*Acanthurus achilles Shaw, 1803. Achilles Surgeon or Achilles Tang. To 26 cm (10.2 in) TL (Randall in
Carpenter and Niem 2001). Pacific; Cabo San Lucas, southern Baja California (Thomson et al. 1979).
Inshore surge areas (Allen and Robertson 1994) to 10 m (33 ft; Robertson and Allen 2002).
*Acanthurus nigricans (Linnaeus, 1758). Goldrim Surgeonfish, Velvet Surgeonfish, or Whitecheek
Surgeonfish. To 21.3 cm (8.4 in) TL (Allen and Robertson 1994). Tropical Pacific; southern tip of Baja
California (Krupp in Fischer et al. 1995) to Ecuador (Béarez 1996), including Islas Galápagos (Grove
and Lavenberg 1997). Shallow surge zone to 70 m (230 ft; Grove and Lavenberg 1997).
*Acanthurus triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758). Convict Surgeonfish or Convict Tang. To 26.3 cm (10.4 in) TL
(Allen and Robertson 1994). Pacific and Indian oceans; southern Japan (Shimada in Nakabo 2002); Gulf
of California (Krupp in Fischer et al. 1995) to Chile (Pequeño 1989), including tip of Baja California
(Krupp in Fischer et al. 1995) and Islas Galápagos (Grove and Lavenberg 1997). At depths of 0–90 m
(295 ft) (min.: Lieske and Myers 2002; max.: Grove and Lavenberg 1997).
*Acanthurus xanthopterus Valenciennes, 1835. Purple Surgeonfish, Yellowfin Surgeonfish, or Yellow-masked
Surgeon. To 70 cm (27.6 in) TL (Robertson and Allen 2002). Pacific and Indian oceans; southern Japan
(Shimada in Nakabo 2002); Gulf of California (Krupp in Fischer et al. 1995) to Ecuador (Béarez 1996),
including tip of Baja California (Krupp in Fischer et al. 1995) and Islas Galápagos (Grove and Lavenberg
1997). At depths of 1–100 m (3–328 ft) (min.: Robertson and Allen 2002; max.: Krupp in Fischer et al.
1995).
Prionurus punctatus Gill, 1862. California Sawtail, Yellowtail Sawtail, or Yellowtail Surgeonfish. To 60 cm
(23.6 in) TL (Krupp in Fischer et al. 1995). Bahia Santa Maria (24°40'N, 112°11'W), southern Baja California
(SIO 52-18) to Ecuador (Béarez 1996), including Gulf of California (Krupp in Fischer et al. 1995). At
depths of 0–30 m (7–98 ft) (min.: Robertson and Allen 2002; max.: Krupp in Fischer et al. 1995).
Family Sphyraenidae — Barracudas
Sphyraena argentea Girard, 1854. Pacific Barracuda. To 122 cm (48 in) TL, reported to 152 cm (60 in) TL
(Miller and Lea 1972). Kodiak Island, Gulf of Alaska (Van Cleve and Thompson 1938) to Cabo San Lucas,