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).