Decodon melasma Gomon, 1974 .

Blackspot Wrasse. To 32.3 cm (12.7 in) TL (Jiménez Prado and Béarez 2004). Laguna Beach, southern California (Allen and Groce 2001a); Gulf of California (Gomon in Fischer et al. 1995) to Banco de Máncora, Peru (Chirichigno and Vélez 1998), including vicinity of Cabo San Lucas, southern Baja California (Gomon in Fischer et al. 1995) and Islas Galápagos (Baldwin and McCosker 2001). Depth: 15–300 m (60–984 ft) (min.: Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California; max.: Aburto-Oropeza et al. 2011).