Haemulopsis elongatus (Steindachner, 1879) .

Elongate Grunt or Sharpsnout Grunt. To 44.5 cm (17.5 in) TL (Rojo-Vázquez et al. 2009). Walker et al. (2020) report the catch of what was likely this species from San Diego Bay, southern California; Boca Soledad (25°12.2’N, 112°07.7’W), southern Baja California (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California) to Ecuador (Béarez 1996), including Gulf of California (Robertson and Allen 2015). Depth: 0–66 m (217 ft) (min.: Robertson and Allen 2002; max.: Amezcua Linares 1996).