Lutjanus inermis (Peters, 1869) .

Golden Snapper. To 39 cm (15.4 in) (Jiménez Prado and Béarez 2004). Bahía Santa Maria, southern Baja California (Personal communication: California Academy of Sciences Fish Collection, San Francisco, California), and into Gulf of California, to northern Peru and offshore islands (Robertson and Allen 2008). Depth: intertidal to 70 m (230 ft) (min.: Robertson and Allen 2008; max.: John Snow, pers. comm. to M.L.).