Caulolatilus affinis Gill, 1865 .

Bighead Tilefish or Pacific Golden-eyed Tilefish. To 60 cm (23.6 in) TL (Jiménez Prado and Béarez 2004). Off Mussel Shoals (34°20.7’N, 119°30’W) (Conner Jainese, pers. comm. to M. L) and Anacapa Island, southern California (Merit McCrea, pers. comm. to M.L.) to Isla Guadalupe (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California) and southern tip of Baja California (Schneider and Krupp in Fischer et al. 1995) to Isla Lobos de Tierra, Peru (Chirichigno and Vélez 1998), including Islas Galápagos (Grove and Lavenberg 1997) and Gulf of California (Schneider and Krupp in Fischer et al. 1995). Depth: 30–230 m (98–756 ft) (min.: Schneider and Krupp in Fischer et al. 1995; max.: Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California).