Pleuronichthys ritteri Starks & Morris, 1907

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Pleuronichthys ritteri Starks & Morris, 1907 .

Spotted Turbot or Catalina Sanddab. To 32 cm ( 11 in) SL, about 38 cm ( 15 in) TL ( City of San Diego 2020). Morro Bay (Personal communication: Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Fish Collection, Los Angeles, California; confirmed by Robert Lea and Richard Feeney), central California to southern Baja California ( 24°12’N, 111°21’W) ( Cabrera Mancilla et al. 1988); also reported from the upper Gulf of California ( Grijalva-Chon et al. 1996). A catch further north, near San Francisco ( 37°54.6’N) (NWFSC-FRAM), is without a voucher specimen or other documentation. Benthic; depth: 1–219 m ( 3–718 ft) (min.: Sommer in Fischer et al. 1995; max.: Bradburn et al. 2011). A previous record from northern California records ( 37°55’N) ( Weinberg et al. 2002) was determined to be an incorrectly identified Pleuronichthys verticalis Jordan & Gilbert, 1880, by Richard Feeney and Jame Orr (Richard Feeney, pers. comm. to M.L.).