Lythrypnus pulchellus Ginsburg, 1938 .

Gorgeous Goby. To 4.5 cm (1.8 in) TL (Allen and Robertson 1994). Bahía Santa Maria (24°46.1’N, 112°16’W), southern Baja California (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California) to central Gulf of California (Thomson et al. 1979) and parts of central Mexico (Robertson and Allen 2002). Benthic; depth: 2–70 m (7–229 ft) (Allen and Robertson 1994).