Muraena argus (Steindachner, 1870)

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Muraena argus (Steindachner, 1870) .

Argus Moray or White-spotted Moray. To 120 cm (47.2 in) TL ( Jiménez Prado and Béarez 2004). Santa Catalina Island ( McCosker and Smith 2004) and Redondo Beach, southern California (Phil Garner, pers. comm. to M.L.), La Jolla, southern California (Scott McGee, pers. comm. to M.L.), and Bahía Magdalena (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California), southern Baja California to Islas Lobos de Afuera, Peru ( Chirichigno and Vélez 1998), including Islas Galápagos ( Grove and Lavenberg 1997), Gulf of California, and other offshore islands ( Robertson and Allen 2002). Benthic; depth: 5–120 m (17–394 ft) (min.: Robertson and Allen 2008; max.: Aburto-Oropeza et al. 2011).