Menticirrhus elongatus (Günther, 1864) .

Slender Kingcroaker or Slender Kingfish. To 70 cm (28 in) TL (Amezcua Linares 1996). Bahía de Ballenas (26°44’N, 113°27’W), southern Baja California (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California) to Paita, Peru (Chirichigno and Vélez 1998), including southern Gulf of California (Chao in Fischer et al. 1995). Depth: intertidal to 66 m (216 ft) (min.: Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California; max.: Amezcua Linares 1996).