Microlepidotus inornatus Gill, 1862 .

Wavyline Grunt. To 45 cm (17.7 in) TL (Allen and Robertson 1994). Newport Bay, southern California (Love et al. 2005) into Gulf of California (McKay and Schneider in Fischer et al. 1995), and at least as far south as Manzanillo, Mexico (Thomson et al. 1979). Depth: 1–30 m (3–98 ft) (min.: Personal communication: Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Fish Collection, Los Angeles, California; max.: Robertson and Allen 2015).