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Family Kyphosidae — Sea Chubs
Girella nigricans (Ayres, 1860). Opaleye. To 66 cm (26 in) TL (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983). Otter Rock,
Oregon (Bond and Olson 1985) to Cabo San Lucas, southern Baja California (Miller and Lea 1972),
with an isolated population in the Gulf of California (Robertson and Allen 2002). Intertidal and to
about 32 m (105 ft) (min.: Eschmeyer and Herald 1983; max.: M. L., unpubl. data); pelagic juveniles
near surface, often associated with floating material (Watson in Moser 1996). Occasionally found in
estuaries (Ruiz-Campos et al. 2000).
Hermosilla azurea Jenkins & Evermann, 1889. Zebraperch or Zebra Sea Chub. To 45 cm (17.7 in) TL
(Robertson and Allen 2002). Klamath River estuary, northern California (Fritzsche et al. 1991) to Gulf
of California (Miller and Lea 1972). Intertidal area and to 15 m (49 ft) (min.: Miller and Lea 1972; max.:
Robertson and Allen 2002).
Kyphosus analogus (Gill, 1862). Blue-bronze Chub or Striped Sea Chub. To 45 cm (17.75 in) TL (Eschmeyer and
Herald 1983). Redondo Beach, southern California (Brooks 1987) to Isla San Lorenzo, Peru (Chirichigno
and Vélez 1998), includng Islas Galápagos (Grove and Lavenberg 1997) and Gulf of California (Galván-
Magaña et al. 1996). Surface to 20 m (60 ft) (min.: SIO 52-188; max.: Robertson and Allen 2002).
Kyphosus elegans (Peters, 1869). Cortez Chub or Cortez Sea Chub. To 38 cm (15.0 in) TL (Sommer in Fischer
et al. 1995). Pacific coast of southern Baja California and in Gulf of California (Sommer in Fischer et al.
1995) to Ecuador (Béarez 1996), including Islas Galápagos (Grove and Lavenberg 1997). Shallow waters,
including intertidal (Grove and Lavenberg 1997), to 20 m (66 ft; Robertson and Allen 2002).
Medialuna californiensis (Steindachner, 1876). Halfmoon. To 48.3 cm (19 in) TL (Miller and Lea 1972).
Vancouver Island, British Columbia (Nagtegaal and Farlinger 1981) to southwestern corner of Gulf of
California (Robertson and Allen 2002). Surface to 44 m (144 ft; M. L., unpubl. data), including intertidal
area (Allen 1999).
Sectator ocyurus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882). Bluestriped Chub or Rainbow Sea Chub. To 70 cm (27.6 in) TL
(Robertson and Allen 2002). Tropical, mostly eastern Pacific; one record from Japan (Araga in Masuda
et al. 1984); Redondo Beach, southern California (Brooks 1987) to Ecuador (Béarez 1996), apparently
excluding Gulf of California (Robertson and Allen 2002) but including Islas Galápagos (Grove and
Lavenberg 1997). Inshore and pelagic around floating material (Allen and Robertson 1994); on bottom
to depth of at least 7 m (23 ft; Godinez-Dominguez et al. 2000).
Family Kuhliidae — Flagtails
*Kuhlia mugil (Forster, 1801). Barred Flagtail or Fivebar Flagtail. To 40 cm (15.7 in) TL (Sadovy and Cornish
2000). Pacific and Indian oceans (Randall and Randall 2001); Japan (Mochizuki in Masuda et al. 1984);
Cabo San Lucas, southern Baja California (De La Cruz-Agüero et al. 1997) to Colombia (Allen and
Robertson 1994), including Islas Galápagos (Allen and Robertson 1994). Shallow waters (Allen and
Robertson 1994), surface (SIO 46-220, nightlight) to at least 26 m (85 ft; SIO 64-1044); young fish in
tidepools (Allen and Robertson 1994).
Family Cirrhitidae — Hawkfishes
*Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus (Bleeker, 1855). Coral Hawkfish. Probably no larger than 10 cm (3.9 in) TL
(Grove and Lavenberg 1997). Pacific and Indian oceans; Japan (Hayashi in Nakabo 2002); Cabo San
Lucas, southern Baja California (Bussing and Lavenberg in Fischer et al. 1995) into middle Gulf of
California (Bussing and Lavenberg in Fischer et al. 1995) to Ecuador (Béarez 1996), including Islas
Galápagos (Grove and Lavenberg 1997) and other offshore islands (Robertson and Allen 2002). At
depths of 1–40 m (3–132 ft) (min.: Lieske and Myers 2002; max.: Grove and Lavenberg 1997).
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