Opistognathus punctatus Peters, 1869

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Opistognathus punctatus Peters, 1869 .

Finespotted Jawfish. To 40.6 cm ( 16.2 in) TL ( Thomson et al. 1979). Bahía San Ignacio, southern Baja California ( Danemann and De La Cruz-Agüero 1993) into northern Gulf of California to Colombia ( Robertson and Allen 2015). Benthic; depth: 1–24 m ( 4–80 ft) (min.: Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California; max.: Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California).