Polylepion cruentum Gomon, 1977

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Polylepion cruentum Gomon, 1977 .

Bleeding Wrasse. To 27.3 cm (10.7 in) TL (John Snow, pers. comm. to M.L.). Todos Santo (23°24.6’N, 110°13.8’W), southern Baja California (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California), Gulf of California as far north as at least Loreto (John Snow, pers. comm. to M.L.) to Costa Rica ( Parenti and Randall 2000). Depth: 80–305 m (262–1,000 ft) ( Sánchez-Jiménez et al. 2018).